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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by skinnymuch on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:44PM (#29282955)
The sibling comment echoed what I was trying to say. It’s not a no true Scotsman. It’s what the sibling comment said. That’s what I have a problem with. It’s a more and more common occurrence among obviously conservative/right wing people continuously saying they were recently liberal/progressive or are still centrist.

At no point in any blog post did I see the blogger refer to themselves as conservative. Only cheering conservatives on a lot and blaming the left for a bunch of stuff (the only group the blogger said he has identified or belonged to)

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by timr on Friday November 19, 2021 @06:21PM (#29283877)
He's not a conservative.

You're engaged in tribalism: defining people as members of the other team because they disagree with you on one issue.

I am on the left, and agree with Prasad that the institutional left has done generational damage with its response to Covid, abandoned reason and equity and respect for science. If the "right" happens to agree with me, then that's fine.

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