not fellow left-wingers - one way many people get pushed right is by watching right wing content that just shows lefties acting like idiots and then goes “omg look SJWs so dumb”. So people get turned off from feminism or progressivism before they have a chance to actually engage with it. Then, there’s only one direction to go when frustration sets in - right.
Just look at the amount of ragebait on (conventional) social media showing feminists or queer activists or woke people acting cringe. It’s the first step of the right-wing pipeline.
people seem to forget that the GOP has been mastering propaganda and echo chambers since the 60s. so as soon as the Internet came alongz they knew exactly how to utilize it to get this effect. it’s honestly terrifying, and I think it at least partially explains the rise of alt right nutjobs in the last 20 years
not fellow left-wingers - one way many people get pushed right is by watching right wing content that just shows lefties acting like idiots and then goes “omg look SJWs so dumb”. So people get turned off from feminism or progressivism before they have a chance to actually engage with it. Then, there’s only one direction to go when frustration sets in - right.
Just look at the amount of ragebait on (conventional) social media showing feminists or queer activists or woke people acting cringe. It’s the first step of the right-wing pipeline.
Or they engage one too many times with hexbear and lemmygrad and .ml posters and now associate “left” with tankie.
people seem to forget that the GOP has been mastering propaganda and echo chambers since the 60s. so as soon as the Internet came alongz they knew exactly how to utilize it to get this effect. it’s honestly terrifying, and I think it at least partially explains the rise of alt right nutjobs in the last 20 years
The common refrain of how we’re doomed by climate change and the fact we can’t fix it, so nothing matters anyway has their fingerprints all over it