They have regressed intellectually to the point where if someone didn't vote blue, they must be: a nazi, an ugly incel, mentally ill, morally corrupt, and "everybody hates in real life" (yes, the thread actually says this, I'm not exaggerating!). They actually collectively believe this, and can't fathom for a second that this childish way of thinking is just like how the opposite end of the political spectrum is that they hate so much. It's so crazy it doesn't even seem real.
I think that regardless of politics, what the audience doesn't like is that these men are assholes and especially misogynistic. Hours of reading here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveIsBlindOnNetflix
I remember when Conservatives were merely trying to restrain spending in the '60s and '70s, and to focus on supporting businesses. Since then however, so-called Radical Republicans have been entirely focused greed, corruption, authoritarianism, and religious extremism, reducing human rights, taking pension funds from old people, reducing healthcare options, killing of public and college education, sending $billions to Israel and Russia for their genocides of Palestinians and Ukrainians, and essentially destroying everything and everyone in the US for the sake of a few rich people. Naturally the men who support this will not be appealing to any sane person.
“Severe personality problems find camouflage. No one thinks ‘I’m a sadist’ or ‘I'm a malignant narcissist.’
They find a belief system/social group that validates their most hateful, destructive impulses & construes them as virtue…the psychological processes are splitting, projection and projective identification. Splitting means not recognizing one’s own capacity for hate, cruelty and destructiveness. The person is blind to the bad in themselves. Instead, they project the badness onto some designated other. And this other person or group, via the defense of projection, is now seen as the repository of all that is bad and evil, that must be attacked and destroyed. That’s the projection. The person now feels fully justified in unleashing their viciousness & hate on the other person, who is now seen (via projection) as someone monstrous who should be destroyed.
If the person on the receiving end of the projection responds to the intense provocation with anger or dares to fight back in any way, this is now seen as further proof of how hateful and evil they are—and why attacking them is just and right. This is what is called projective identification. The end result is that the person can deny their own sadism, cruelty, and hate—while simultaneously acting it out without restraint. And feel themselves to be 100% on the side of truth and right as they do it.”
Moving Overton window, very important, most don't realize it but I think many liberals know. Exaggerate, and put pressure in one direction. Compromise in the middle, but that middle shifted left.
I'm amazed by the unconscious stupidity. Even when things are broken down and explained, they still don't get it.
They seem to think that saying "Your behavior is poor and mirrors the exact behavior you disapprove of in those you politically oppose" is the same thing as "diametrically opposed to everything and anything you politically believe, and also stupid, dumb, moron, incel, nazi, smell bad, ugly, and mentally ill,and hate humanity". They simply can't divide those two, no matter how hard you try. It's incredibly sad.
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They have regressed intellectually to the point where if someone didn't vote blue, they must be: a nazi, an ugly incel, mentally ill, morally corrupt, and "everybody hates in real life" (yes, the thread actually says this, I'm not exaggerating!). They actually collectively believe this, and can't fathom for a second that this childish way of thinking is just like how the opposite end of the political spectrum is that they hate so much. It's so crazy it doesn't even seem real.
I think that regardless of politics, what the audience doesn't like is that these men are assholes and especially misogynistic. Hours of reading here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveIsBlindOnNetflix
I remember when Conservatives were merely trying to restrain spending in the '60s and '70s, and to focus on supporting businesses. Since then however, so-called Radical Republicans have been entirely focused greed, corruption, authoritarianism, and religious extremism, reducing human rights, taking pension funds from old people, reducing healthcare options, killing of public and college education, sending $billions to Israel and Russia for their genocides of Palestinians and Ukrainians, and essentially destroying everything and everyone in the US for the sake of a few rich people. Naturally the men who support this will not be appealing to any sane person.
A psychological perspective:
“Severe personality problems find camouflage. No one thinks ‘I’m a sadist’ or ‘I'm a malignant narcissist.’
They find a belief system/social group that validates their most hateful, destructive impulses & construes them as virtue…the psychological processes are splitting, projection and projective identification. Splitting means not recognizing one’s own capacity for hate, cruelty and destructiveness. The person is blind to the bad in themselves. Instead, they project the badness onto some designated other. And this other person or group, via the defense of projection, is now seen as the repository of all that is bad and evil, that must be attacked and destroyed. That’s the projection. The person now feels fully justified in unleashing their viciousness & hate on the other person, who is now seen (via projection) as someone monstrous who should be destroyed.
If the person on the receiving end of the projection responds to the intense provocation with anger or dares to fight back in any way, this is now seen as further proof of how hateful and evil they are—and why attacking them is just and right. This is what is called projective identification. The end result is that the person can deny their own sadism, cruelty, and hate—while simultaneously acting it out without restraint. And feel themselves to be 100% on the side of truth and right as they do it.”
https://x.com/jonathanshedler/status/1820938197125492821?s=46&t=IFbNdQW5FQ7xjvYIfByVpQ
Lose lose situation.
Fucked if you do, fucked if you don't.
Moving Overton window, very important, most don't realize it but I think many liberals know. Exaggerate, and put pressure in one direction. Compromise in the middle, but that middle shifted left.
IMO, the Overton Window is an under-utilized powerful concept. That's why I'll be covering it in my Santa Libertas videos, among other things.
The sheer, corrosive hatred revealed at the slightest disagreement is... wow.
I'm amazed by the unconscious stupidity. Even when things are broken down and explained, they still don't get it.
They seem to think that saying "Your behavior is poor and mirrors the exact behavior you disapprove of in those you politically oppose" is the same thing as "diametrically opposed to everything and anything you politically believe, and also stupid, dumb, moron, incel, nazi, smell bad, ugly, and mentally ill,and hate humanity". They simply can't divide those two, no matter how hard you try. It's incredibly sad.
The one I noticed was "if you disagree, you're a bot". Didn't matter what was said. Just label and dismiss in the stupidest possible way.
I didn't know it was so easy.
I've always wanted to be a real bot.
Someone tell Pinocchio!
What's the show name?
It's literally in the name of the subreddit. (LoveIsBlindNetflix) I haven't watched it, but now I'm curious what all the crying is about.
Thanks. Thought that was a theme. TIL about that show.