#come out the other side more progressive and having actually learned some things hopefully andhopefullymovedonfromvaushbutyknow | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

snekdood · 17 days ago

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anyways the reason a lot of cis men move to the right is because they're isolated and outcasted when they come into leftist spaces for not knowing Every Possible Progressive Thing Under The Sun Immediately and now since they have no friends for being new to leftism they go to the right because its the only place welcoming them.

#its not 'grrr i hate you im a fascist now' (though it very well can be) its just like. natural for humans? we naturally desire connection?#and if no one on the left is offering connection in any capacity.... why stay #thats why you find a lot of guys who lean toward the right but still talk about caring about minorities.they probably do in a really...#uninformed and probably micro aggression-y way but. they still do care in some capacity... not the ones who think you need to stop being #gay i mean the ones who are actually ok with trans people. they Do exist in fact. its weird but like i said- the right is the only #place they're welcome. which is why- even though im really fucking mad at him for how he handles religion and i think hes #dumb and wrong about it entirely and kind of sounding a bit fashy when he talks about it- its why places like vaush's community is #important. its a middle ground for the guys who *want* to lean more progressive but dont feel welcome elsewhere bc they dont know #Every Progressive Thing Ever Immediately like a lot of progressive places demand. so they go there and learn and then #come out the other side more progressive and having actually learned some things hopefully andhopefullymovedonfromvaushbutyknow #i at least hope if they do watch him theyre critical of his anti theism and the ironic misogyny bc i hate that he normalized the latter #in me for a bit...#but yeah... they go be in that space where they can still be a little edgy but actually maybe move over to the left and hopefully grow up #from that shit.

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