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.

    • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months 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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        11 months 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.