[uspol] I've noticed, ime, the most common way that supposed leftists become right-wing authoritarians is that they just don't want to admit they were wrong about a thing
rather than take criticism with grace, and realize the harm they've done and taking accountability for that, they just double and triple down
everyone else on the left is wrong, you see
I'm not going to call out a bunch of small fry I've seen do this but I think the more prominent example is TYT
but I see it with alarming regularity online
yeah, explains a lot of things
it's the same brainrot as being militantly transphobic
indeed
funny how it never goes in the other direction. No one on the right just stubbornly doubles down on an issue so hard that they shift to the left
unless it's something personal to them
but then it's only like, on the one issue
stares at Fetterman
What happened with TYT?
EchoDoctor: hooo boy
Short version is that everyone on it either became a right winger or fucked off because the others became right wingers
Like they still claim to be on the left but are anti trans rights and pro Israel
didn't cenk get into some trouble too?
There is a whole lot there and I don’t really feel like getting into it, there are many YouTube videos devoted to the fall of TYT
Do you have a good one you can recommend me? My dad is unfortunately into them, or was last I checked, so I'm concerned and want to show him the issues if necessary.
ive been trying to articulate this for months and just been unable to
I think elon musk might be the most famous example, but it also happened to Graham Linehan and John Cleese.
Tbf Musk was never on the left
no he wasn't
true but at least he tried to pretend that he was helping the planet or something.