The first time I heard some of them actually say “empathy is a sin,” I was truly floored. And that’s hard to do anymore.
Fun fact: A study was done that apparently showed that the parts of the brain responsible for empathy are smaller on average in Republicans than the rest of the population.
That has to correlate with some environmental factor right?
Like lead does that, but there are enough 90s kids in their 30s who still support facism to make me question if it is lead.
Great question, because I had the same thought.
I think there’s a “nurture” factor in here, where people who grow up in “conservative” households, grow up benefiting from the status quo/without real hardships, or are just generally insulated from diverse groups of people when they’re young are more likely to hold “conservative” beliefs. Because one of the biggest fighters against bigotry is simply meeting people with different lived experiences than yours.
It’s not true that conservatives aren’t also hurting under the Trump regime. They are taking it as a temporary hardship required to achieve more important goals: The Other will be punished even harder
When did I say that they weren’t? I said that I suspect that people who grow up under specific conditions are probably more likely to hold conservative beliefs.
In fact, I’d say that that is one of the examples I’m talking about. Think the white kid who grows up poor and hears his whole childhood from his parents and neighbors that it’s all the fault of those job stealing immigrants and those communist Democrats. He’s just as likely to grow up to be conservative as the kid who grew up wealthy or in a middle class white suburb where everybody looks just like him and who never faced any hardship and therefore can’t imagine a situation outside of his own limited life experiences. The first group blames their problems on The Other, while the second two can’t imagine that things are as bad as they say because the system benefitted them and therefore it must be good.
All run the full spectrum of conservative ideology, from indifference at best to the suffering of minorities to actively reveling in it. In short, my point was that cruelty and hatred are learned in these cases, not innate states of being, because one of the most effective tools against conservative beliefs is simply exposure to diverse groups of people.
That has to correlate with some environmental factor right?
Shitty parenting, probably.
“Because I said so” just dropped at the 6th love language ❤️
It’s utterly bizarre how baffled they are when they see success in cultivating cruelty. They’re always the first to cry ‘Unfair!’ or ‘Mean!’
I suppose the thought that not everyone will seek to inflict cruelty on the oppressed is beyond their peabrained imaginations.
No no…they are baffled when people are cruel to them.
Title: “Too Nice to Obey”
(A Punk Rock Anthem of Kindness & Rebellion)
[Verse 1]
They tell you to fall in line,
To bow your head and march in time.
Obey the rules, don’t make a scene,
Keep your heart locked up, keep your hands clean.
But I see through their twisted game,
Control through fear, control through shame.
They want us cold, they want us cruel,
But kindness breaks their rigid rule!
[Chorus]
I’m too nice to obey, too soft to hate,
I hug friends, not the police state.
They preach war, I show love,
That’s my weapon, that’s my shove!
[Verse 2]
They scream “be tough, don’t give an inch,”
Empathy’s for the weak, compassion’s a glitch.
But kindness burns like gasoline,
A rebel’s heart that won’t turn mean.
They push us down, they make us fight,
Turn us into pawns in black and white.
But we paint the world in brighter hues,
With open arms and worn-out shoes.
[Bridge] (shouted call and response)
“They say hate!” (We say no!)
“They say fear!” (Let it go!)
“They say fight!” (We say care!)
“Revolution’s everywhere!”
[Breakdown]
We’ll be the thorn inside their side,
With every hug, we’ll watch them slide.
They can’t control what they don’t own,
Love’s a riot, let it grow!
[Outro] (gang vocals, chant)
Kindness is rebellion!
Love is insurrection!
Fascists fall when we stand tall—
Too nice to break, too strong to crawl!
Punk as fuck ❤️
AI as fuck <3
😆 in my mind while reading it, I heard it rapped over a DnB track 🤭
