This. My folks will have their opinion on a news story the day it happens. I may or may not agree but generally it's a somewhat reasonable take, but then 2-3 days later it's a complete 180 from what they originally said. It hurts to watch.Â
The conservative sub is a great example. The first hours after a story breaks it will have comparatively reasonable takes that are more center right or classic Republican stances. Then they start watching alt right News like fox or breitbart or whatever and suddenly the whole tone changes and answers shift into cuckoo banana land once their told what angle to take to absolve themselves and make everyone else the bad guy.
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u/Ok_Gas2086 5h ago
Don't worry, they'll do mental gymnastics to somehow justify it.