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Am I crazy, or are Americans going insane? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by CommanderM2192@lemmy.world to c/general@lemmy.world
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First off, I don't base my views on "what Americans are like" with what people post online. Just about everyone I know personally has just gone off the deep end it seems.

People I've known for decades who were "right of center" have now drifted to the far right. Where they used to support separation of church and state, small government, etc. they now want the government to tax the poor, establish a Christian ethnostate, and are openly talking about "the coming revolution". Meanwhile, most everyone I've known who is leftist wants the government to disarm them, claims to be pro-LGBT but blindly supports any Muslim country and blindly hates Israel, and thinks Joe Biden is the "greatest president EVAR".

Am I just in a weird bubble where 95% of the people in my life are politically and philosophically dipshits? Does anyone else experience this with people they actually know? I feel like I'm going crazy when I can be talking with a "leftist" about trans rights in Texas and then the very next conversation is about how wholesome they think the average Palestinian is in Gaza. Is there anyone else who's at least left of center and recognizes that religious zealots in the Middle East want to kill you and shouldn't be supported and religious zealots in YOUR OWN FUCKING COUNTRY want to kill you and you shouldn't disarm yourself?

Just what the fuck is going on in this country? There's so much disinformation and paid trolls that I don't base these views off what's online. I just run into the exact same lunacy with nearly everyone I've known my whole life.

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If a leftist cannot explain to you the reasonings behind their stances... They are a TERRIBLE leftist. Are you sure you've actually talked to people?!

[–] CommanderM2192@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I promise you, I know someone who has met only a single Palestinian in their entire life here in America and now believes that at least 80% of Palestinians in Gaza are not bigots because this one person isn't. I also know somebody who has apparently found "leftist Qanon" and now believes that Hamas is good and literally has not murdered a single baby in Israel.

Who knows? Maybe the area I live in has just been polluted by something? Or maybe COVID fried everyone's brain? I did move away for most of my life and only came back just before COVID.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know you've met people like that.

The problem is you're attempting to treat them as some beacon of political wisdom.