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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by eyelidlessness on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @06:31PM (#26020662)
Nope I’ve definitely grown up in and road tripped/train tripped red-purple country (edit: and I’m white trash and present male so it’s an easy pass) so I know what people really think. I’ve also been on the receiving end of violence by standing up and confronting them.
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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by geofft on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @06:57PM (#26020895)
This is a key point - many folks who are left-leaning grew up in right-leaning areas, have right-leaning extended family, etc. We aren't extrapolating from the internet.

There are a number of structural asymmetries between left and right, and it does no favors to any truth-based cause to assume that left and right are mirrors, as if their names required that.

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