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[–] OffSeasonPrincess@hexbear.net 35 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Just like only trans ppl know how to make fun of trans ppl, only leftists know how to make fun of leftists

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 8 points 6 hours ago

I mean, we do have a lot of experience making fun of other leftists. Conservatives just don't do it anywhere near enough.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 29 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

Joe many librals does it take to change a log bolb. None??? Their to busy??????? Their gender 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 8 points 7 hours ago

Thanks for making me spit my drink. Have some reddit gold !

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 7 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

how come we're so good at making fun of right wingers then?

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

The other reasons stated are great but a not insignificant number of leftists also came from right wing backgrounds and either rebelled against it or analyzed it and realized how dumb it was.

For my part I spent time with a lot of libertarians as a teenager, which makes sense when you're a stupid teenager and don't know what libertarianism is. Real scrutiny really tears down the facade.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

They're just really easy to make fun of

[–] OffSeasonPrincess@hexbear.net 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

"Only ppl who are part of the group know how to make fun of that group" isnt universally true, and right wingers are just easy to mock

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

I think it's more "people who understand a group are better at making fun of that group." most of us understand right wingers fairly well, since we are surrounded by them every day and their paper thin skin and toddler tantrums over whatever thing the tv has told them to be scared of this week.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 18 points 6 hours ago

RW povs are also hegemonic. It's the same reason black people know how to make fun of white people and not vice versa. Everybody is involved in white "culture" whether they want to be or not. Likewise, reqctionary politics surround us. We all get a chance to see it in detail

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago

I'm sure there's some right-wingers, or right-wing positions, that it would be easier for a fellow right-winger to mock. But generally, the average right-wingers beliefs are pretty simple and easy to comprehend, and what you understand you can mock. They do after all tend to avoid higher education.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Makes sense, you have to have at least a baseline understanding of something to properly make fun of it

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 24 points 8 hours ago

Only after someone knows the particular essence of many different things can they proceed to generalisation and know the common essence of things.

-Mao Zedong