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>it’s much easier to be liberal when doing so doesn’t cost you meaningfully I’d go so far as to say that is almost part and parcel what a “liberal” is almost a
by comte7092 3y ago
>it’s much easier to be liberal when doing so doesn’t cost you meaningfully
I’d go so far as to say that is almost part and parcel what a “liberal” is almost always
- sangnoir 3y agoThat applies across the board, and I suspect is a personality trait independent of political alignment. I've witnessed people on the right who were against handouts or abortion until they were personally impacted. When there is a real personal cost, a good chunk of people become surprisingly flexible about their politics, or spectacularly fail to resolve the cognitive dissonance and resort to "My circumstances are different."
- datavirtue 3y agoI have seen people on the left preach about banning guns until they got into an argument with their neighbor and ran over to my house to borrow a shotgun. I still don't know why I let them have it. I never got it back.
- nicbou 3y agoWe all hold beliefs that were never really tested. You never know how strong your principles are until they are treated by circumstances.