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y'all keep floating me to the political left. is this how MAGA folks feel? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 days ago by grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org to c/AskUSA@discuss.online

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27891382

My social media environment (mostly Lemmy for the last year, after I left Reddit) is very leftist. I'm finding myself floating more and more left because y'all have a point and there's not many counter-arguments in this social media environment. I sometimes wonder if that's how MAGA folks feel--floating more and more right because that's what they're surrounded by.

Of course, my floating is (naturally /s) based on reason and leftists making good memes/arguments.

Anyways, that's this morning's introspection.

Side showerthought: my convictions are based on memes. Anyone have nice, accessible resources for giving those convictions a more solid base? I'd love something like a graphic history of leftist thought (similar to Queer: A Graphic History). Something approachable but with citations. Thanks :)

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm experiencing the opposite effect. I was used to being on the liberal side of most online debates so I thought of myself as firmly on the left, but here I see so many people far to my own left and I think "Wow, these guys should be nowhere near power." My political opinions haven't actually changed much because of that (although some things IRL have made me seriously question some of them) but now I identify more as a centrist (or "classic liberal") and I think it's important to keep the Democrats from veering dangerously far to the left like the Republicans have already veered dangerously far to the right.

Also doesn't this discussion break rule #1 here?

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Rule 1 is "Be nice or gtfo"

Rule 2 is "Discussions of overt political or agitation nature belong elsewhere".

I didn't mean this to be an overt political discussion so much as a musing on how one's perspective shifts left or right based on the surroundings one keeps.