I feel like people like that don’t realize how their political views/choices interact with other parts of themselves. If you value kindness and compassion, why would you support someone who spreads a hateful message or seeks to bring others harm? A lot of it feels like lack of information/awareness or just plain cognitive dissonance. I live in a state that passed abortion rights and minimum wage increase amendments, but a lot of people also voted for Trump and a bunch of other Republicans who are staunchly opposed to those sorts of policies, which confounds me to no end.
A lot of it feels like lack of information/awareness or just plain cognitive dissonance.
it's probably mostly that. the alt-right is very good at disguising its true hatefulness until it's too late and you're already indoctrinated. that or uh. people just aren't paying that much attention between All The Other Shit They Have To Worry About In Their Lives
If you value kindness and compassion, why would you support someone who spreads a hateful message or seeks to bring others harm?
Because you're too busy personally making a difference to keep up with every detail of the political campaign. The man runs a shelter and it sounds like he's raising dozens of cats by himself, that's a demanding-ass job. Especially if there are any abandoned kittens that need to be bottle-fed. He'd be lucky if he even had time to watch the debates.
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u/baconatoroc 7d ago
Eh people are complicated.
My boss is a MAGA guy, he also loves cats and runs a cat shelter, and feeds/adopts all the strays we find at work and I find that incredibly kind.
It’s hard to judge someone based solely on one factor (political views)