My favorite part is how when conservatives get called out on this, their response is always the same: "yeah the image/video is fake but this sort of thing really happens!!!" If it actually happened, then they wouldn't have to generate fake examples of it.

They did not respect, or care about, the actual facts of the matter, except to the extent that they viewed such facts with hostility.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 41 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, pointing out real world atrocities just gets you ignored

It's like living in a cuckoo clock

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 13 points 3 weeks ago

Or banned. Or arrested.

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 7 points 3 weeks ago

I think part 2 of that link sums it up a little bit better.

The invention of a boogeyman allows them to feel much more self-righteous and morally upright.

His example of the satanic panic is emblematic of an invented evil that allows people to rush to the security of bare-minumum morality as if it is some brave stance to take.