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Why are liberals so smug? (hexbear.net)
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Whenever I try to talk politics (or ESPECIALLY world events) with Liberals, as soon as they determine that I am a leftist, they just get so fucking smug and have this sense of self-superiority about them. Exactly zero interest in having a good faith discussion. They are so incredibly dismissive and condescending.

Of course, no matter how much evidence that you provide, or how well you frame your arguments, you just get eye rolls and dismissed out of hand.

I am reminded of the Bernie campaigns when the liberal media pundits would behave with nothing more than sneering contempt at young people who just wanted fucking health care.

We know that they're like this BUT WHY? Why are they all such smug shit stains? I stg it's like their defining trait.

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'll add to what Blakey already said. Most liberals (openly or not) are firm believers in stuff like the US is a beacon of righteousness and goodness (in short: a city on a hill), the American dream, American exceptionalism, American civil religion (in a word: Voting!), etc. And liberals think they are exemplars of the best of America.

They don't like anybody - especially leftists - that the US is an insane outlier when it comes to such undeniable stuff as police budgets and the percentage of the American population that's incarcerated. It ruins their "If only I could go back to brunch!" mindset.

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Edit

I checked out Bluesky and this was literally the second post I saw:

There are no votes on the House schedule today. That doesn't mean they will not try to slip in the 70 Billion so ICE can continue imitating the Gestapo. CALL YOUR REPS.

I hate that "call your reps" stuff. Dem pols don't give a fuck about phone calls. If they're gonna vote for the gestapo - they're gonna.