What are the go-to subjects for revealing the true, regressive beliefs of reactionaries who don't consider themselves reactionary? Off the top of my head:

-Trans people in sports: Major gateway to transphobia and misogyny. Complaints about trans athletes inevitably lead to sexism towards literally any woman with muscles. Pretty sure this is how Joe Rogan and a ton of his supporters became so unhinged.

-Affirmative action: So, so many liberals and "leftists" will complain about how they would've totally gotten into Harvard and Yale if not for The Blackstm. Love to bring up SAT scores even though they've been proven to be racist and classist and a shit metric for intellectual value.

-Shakespeare authorship question: A bit niche. Basically, Curtis Yarvin and other Dark Enlightenment dweebs don't think that Shakespeare was capable of penning such timeless plays because he wasn't rich, and according to them, not rich=dumb and uncreative mental husk.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    11 months ago

    -Shakespeare authorship question: A bit niche. Basically, Curtis Yarvin and other Dark Enlightenment dweebs don't think that Shakespeare was capable of penning such timeless plays because he wasn't rich, and according to them, not rich=dumb and uncreative mental husk.

    It's proved by science that if you're rich your brain is bigger because you're blessed by god but you loony leftists hate science.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Somehow I think they won't like the logical conclusion that the smartest man in history was Mansa Musa.

      • duderium [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Followed by Marcus Licinius Crassus, an I-talian.

    • Wheaties [comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      these are the same people who claim that movies are being ruined because only "coastal elite" can make it in hollywood