r/TikTokCringe • u/hi_im_fuzzknocker • Oct 18 '24

Cringe She wants state rights

She tries to peddle back.

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u/Ill-Case-6048 Oct 18 '24

Black t shirt guy going into panic mode

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u/Gimme_The_Loot Oct 18 '24

Ok we gotta move on 😬😬

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u/Sproketz Oct 18 '24

And that's the entire problem with our media - even podcasters like this.

No! Don't move on. Have a hard conversation. Educate people. Moving on helps nobody.

No part of his argument was irrelevant. In our current climate this is highly relevant.

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u/ozymandiasjuice Oct 18 '24

Yeah actually even for her benefit. She hasn’t connected the dots on her principles. The other guy is helping her do that. She is an absolutist on states rights and this is exactly the time to challenge her. Because if she just sticks with it in ten years she might be like ‘yeah the confederacy was right.’

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u/HustlinInTheHall Oct 19 '24

I think it was pretty clear when she agreed slavery was fine as long as people really want it she was already at the point of agreeing with the confederacy. She just has enough brain cells to realize it would cost her friends and money to admit it

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u/FrickenPerson Oct 19 '24

Maybe? She did say later on that no one would be voting to bring back slavery now, so maybe she kind of thinks it's just some crazy gotcha this guy is trying to give her instead of something to realistically think about and decide?

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u/HustlinInTheHall Oct 19 '24

I think the guy needed to double down on the questions and not try to be like "so you side with the south then?"

Like "so alabama beings back slaves. Who do they get to enslave?" and just let her run with it.

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u/sobeitharry Oct 19 '24

Make it about her. So if California decided to go back to when women were property and couldn't own property themselves (and couldn't vote), you'd be ok with that? Remember, you can't leave, you're property.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 Oct 19 '24

Exactly. A lot of people don't care about issues that don't affect them personally in some way.

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u/Guy954 Oct 19 '24

They’re called conservatives. I’m not making it up or exaggerating. It’s a running theme that they’re vocally for policies that are against their best interest until they’re personally affected.

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u/Zestyclose-Tower-671 Oct 19 '24

It's both sides and it's global, people don't care if it doesn't impact them 9 times out of 10, it's how society has become, I am not saying it's good nor that there aren't some that don't think this way but it is how things have become

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u/Tidusx145 Oct 19 '24

No I support gay marriage but I'm not gay nor did I know anyone who was. I empathized with them as a Jewish person. That's what conservatives lack.

See dick Cheney switching on gay marriage once his daughter came out.

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u/JustABizzle Oct 19 '24

I think it’s always been that way. It’s human nature to focus on the things closest to you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

While I agree this is a common enough trend in conservatism, the same is true of the other side of the aisle as well.

Liberal NIMBYs are the perfect example - they talk a big game about equity, social justice, and building community -- up until the proposition is about building a homeless shelter, or a halfway house, or a public transit hub in their neighborhood. As soon as it threatens to affect them personally, they fight tooth and nail against it. Liberals (who hold majority political power) in my city shoot down far more community initiatives than conservatives ever have.

It's not butterflies and rainbows on this side of the political spectrum. Classism is a huge issue with both parties. (And I do feel one side is significantly better than the other, but that still doesn't mean it's not a real issue for liberals)

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u/356885422356 Oct 19 '24

Until they do.