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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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[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

It's worth remembering that 85% of the Democrat media ecosystem is laughing (or screaming) at Republicans for being stupid and backwards. They really get a concerning level of their self-identity from their sense of intellectual superiority that is solely enabled by their opposition being literally some of the most anti-intellectual people on the planet.

They are also taught to view any countrymen to their left as naive children who "make the perfect the enemy of the good" or who just want to start fires rather than engage in the adult tasks of getting things done. This can be seen in constant shower arguments they have both in media and to each other, which again are mostly directed at Republicans but can also be directed at progressives (see West Wing). You are liable to not be treated as a person but just this media-based archetype.