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.

  • silent_water [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    or porn. if they've commented on porn even once 100% chance they're reactionary.

    • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      I mean certainly those who defend it but people who are critically of it may or may not be (ethical reasons vs religious etc etc)

      • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        not "porn debate" subs, but subs of porn content. I forgot to mention this in addition to sports, but less common I've noticed people using their horny account to troll. Their entire post history is comments on pics of naked ladies or naked Japanese cartoon characters.

        • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          Ah, I see. It makes sense as perverts generally aren’t great people and great people generally aren’t reactionaries

        • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          Ah, you mean those who look at it from the perspective of the viewer and the effects on them and ignore the exploited workers in it?

          • silent_water [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            no no, that's why it attracts a reactionary crowd. the dehumanization and commoditization of human bodies is the perk for them. the people posting about it online are just telling on themselves.