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[โ€“] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It occured to me, having never listened to rightwing media, that it may not always be projection, but the narrative they've been convinced of by their media. Propaganda has worked it's magic.over decades to convince conservatives to believe a story that supports their leadership in doing what they always wanted. Like the pizza after shit, right wing media convinced them the democrats were evil, doing horrible shit. They've deeply and effectively demonized the left to the point of conservatives being willing to do violent and barbaric things to the left. They would believe the left has already been doing everything they now support doing.

[โ€“] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

it may not always be projection, but the narrative they've been convinced of by their media

You are absolutely correct for the vast majority of ordinary conservatives, in my experience anyway.

They don't care about finding the best cause or even about being correct. They need to feel outraged and persecuted, so once that's fed to them they latch on.