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minus-squarestrayce@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up51·1 year agoI don’t understand the mentality behind this. Is it just a case of “They’re doing a thing so we’ll do the opposite”? What exactly is the goal here?
minus-squareRyumast3r@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 year agoThat’s pretty much been the entire conservative movement’s MO for 30 years now.
minus-squareHerbErtlinger@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoReactionary contrarianism is basically the conservative’s signature move.
minus-squareCobraChicken@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoundefined> “They’re doing a thing so we’ll do the opposite” That’s their gameplan most of the time.
minus-squareJoKi@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoOpportunism - they just want to profit from the black out to push their own sub. As often, the conservative principles (or in this case rules) are not so important if you can gain any success by ignoring them.
minus-squareMind Ya Beez Wax@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCouldn’t have said it better myself!
minus-squareVulcaria_Tors@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThey don’t understand. So they’re going against the popular movement. Fear is a bitch 🗿
minus-squareAvrgJoe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoI think they hope all the other opinions will go away and they’ll get their favorite thing, an echo chamber.
minus-squareJacob Alexander Tice @lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI see you’re not familiar with American conservatives. This is how they operate. They’re just not always so open.
I don’t understand the mentality behind this. Is it just a case of “They’re doing a thing so we’ll do the opposite”? What exactly is the goal here?
That’s pretty much been the entire conservative movement’s MO for 30 years now.
Reactionary contrarianism is basically the conservative’s signature move.
undefined> “They’re doing a thing so we’ll do the opposite”
That’s their gameplan most of the time.
Opportunism - they just want to profit from the black out to push their own sub. As often, the conservative principles (or in this case rules) are not so important if you can gain any success by ignoring them.
I do, they’re fucking stupid
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
They don’t understand. So they’re going against the popular movement. Fear is a bitch 🗿
I think they hope all the other opinions will go away and they’ll get their favorite thing, an echo chamber.
I see you’re not familiar with American conservatives. This is how they operate. They’re just not always so open.