I was curious how common it is to be, say, a leftist in a very conservative area.

My county, family, and school are all very conservative. It makes it a bit intimidating to engage in any political discussion. I also rarely get to hear leftist opinion anywhere in person, which means i need to devote a lot of time to considering and thinking about arguments that are probably already solved.

Are you, or have you been, in a similar situation?

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    one one side, literal nazis, on the other, people that want Universal healthcare.

    Wow, how do you tell them apart??

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      Same tactics of harassment and intimidation are being used by both the far left and far right. Y’all want to be tough guys and have everyone else fear you. Because you don’t have any actual ideas, the internet has successfully directed your dissatisfaction into hatred of convenient scapegoats.

      The only major difference between the far right and far left is they disagree on scapegoats. And if the JD Vance / Tucker Carlson / Candace Owens faction of the far right get their way, both the far right and far left will agree on the scapegoat.

      Sure, you buy from different merch stores and have different slogans, but you’re all disconnected from reality, “doing your own research” on the internet, denying science and facts when it conflicts with your political narrative, and you all spend more time attacking liberals than discussing any policies you want. It’s the same hateful politics, and it’s very likely a lot of “leftists” will be voting Republican if that party goes down the antisemitism path.

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        fear us? we want to give people healthcare? are you having a stroke or are you just genuinely a fucking moron?

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            protests at synagogues and general harassment of Jews.

            when you spout easily disproven bullshit like this, I know that you’re purely agenda driven. You’re a fool.

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                protest at synogogue

                You mean like the one where an isreali company is promoting the sale of stolen Palestinian land? and protestors showed up? 100% called for.

                Most people understand that it’s the idf and the isreali government that’s to blame for all this, but if you have a population committing a genocide, yes, there’s gonna be some people who take it personally.

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                    Are you stupid? The specific synagogue they were protesting at was holding an event for an israeli based company selling stolen Palestinian land.

                    Just keep crying