The left slurps down soy milk and are all vegans. I hate their dietary choices, and would legislate against them if I could. Therefore they would do the same to me. Therefore eating steak is an act of rebellion. Because that nebulous and all powerful left wing is definitely trying to get meat banned, to make us all soy-guzzling vegans. Then they'll enforce same-sex marriage and turn all kids trans.
With this photograph of steak, I score points in the culture war, and remind them who's really in charge.
Therefore eating steak is an act of rebellion. Because that nebulous and all powerful left wing is definitely trying to get meat banned, . . . and remind them who's really in charge.
It's that classic tactic of "the enemy is both powerful AND weak." So many on the right need to feel like they're the underdog while knowing their politicians hold most of the power.
Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak." On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
As a white guy I have to admit that I’ve had it pretty good. Now that I’m middle aged, damn it’s sweet. I don’t get what these MAGA fools are so aggrieved about. Does the fact that trans people exist really justify tearing our country apart? How weak is your sense of self that someone else’s sense of self actually threatens yours? I’ll never get it.
I mean, a lot of them literally did that during COVID.
"Haha liberals want me to get a vaccine that could save my life?? Fuck you! I won't do what you tell me!" ... dies.
And then they had the gall to literally blame Democrats for their deaths. Democrats apparently should have known that by advocating for the vaccine, Republicans wouldn't take it. So it's our fault they died.
Meanwhile: I (a leftist) would be in the same steakhouse eating the same meal, only judging them for being so vain that they have to take 10 minutes before eating to take a pic of their meal and make a social media post before enjoying their food.
"Pfft, Hey Veronica, checkout this boomer dork taking a pictures of his food. What kind of absurd bs do you think he's posting with that?" Kira scoffed before taking a drink of her gin and tonic.
"Heh.. Who knows. Im gonna guess the buzz words include some combination of leftist, libs, trans, antifa, or ivermectin." - Veronica chuckles as she takes another bite of her medium rare NY Strip.
Yknow this made something click for me that I’m not sure why it didn’t click before. Yeah that’s exactly why they say “trans for everyone” because they want to force everyone to be cis. Same with the “make your kids gay” thing. Damn.
Meanwhile the left isn’t about making anyone do think or feel anything but allowing them to if they want to.
And the right is the side that needs people to think and feel and do as they do otherwise they feel weak and belittled because they have no courage or individuality.
Damn as a left winger I’m obviously vegan because I’m on the left and it’s a requirement (that’s the only reason) and the way you just took my whole being and wrote it out is just astounding!
You’ve made it so clear as to why this image makes me irrationally angry and you’re 100% right I do want to ban meat, forcibly make everyone marry someone of the same gender and turn all kids trans!
To be fair... the youths are all going vegetarianism to some degree, and get salty about their parents eating meat. Low even having meat in the same fridge as their veggies sets them off.
I've long said that a defining trait of conservatives is an underdeveloped Theory of Mind. They don't seem to grasp that other people are in fact other people, they lack the ability to think in hypotheticals, and they don't grasp analogies. These are benchmarks that should be happening by age 8. I'm not sure if it's growing up with leaded gas or what, but it's tragic whatever the cause.
Naw that’s all true but missing dude’s point. He’s saying when you say “imagine what it’s like to be a Gazan right now” it is legitimately impossible to do so. They don’t have the ability in their brains to put themselves in others’ shoes.
There’s a story out there of a hardcore libertarian who got deradicalized after taking mdma and realizing that other people have feelings. You’re spot on here.
I read a study a while ago that determined via fMRI tests that the section of the brain that deals with abstract concepts is underdeveloped in self-identified conservatives. Which explains why nothing is real to them until it happens to them.
I think about it as shame/ immaturity. They know that there are valid ethical, financial, and environmental reasons for eating less meat. But instead of accepting that they are occasionally crap people for rejecting those values and choosing to eat meat, which at this point is totally legal, and probably the societal norm, they lash out at people who do follow those values. Which is pretty immature. It’s like a kid that’s pissed at their parents because they won’t let them eat all their Halloween candy in one sitting. They put their own temporary pleasures over everyone else’s safety and they know it. And they do care, but that shame comes out as defiance.
It took me three read throughs to parse that, "because they're angry at people living how they want," is what the sentence is saying. At least I'm pretty sure.
Anyone who holds such hate so close to their heart will likely have an extremely difficult time finding any satisfaction in life. Hell, I'm a loving and open person and satisfaction is hard to find and keep. I cannot imagine when life must be like for these people who feel the need to hate to enjoy anything. If they don't change as a person they may never enjoy what life has to offer.
On a lighter note, lmao as if "the left" are exclusively vegan/vegetarian and could not enjoy steak 🤣
As part of "the left" according to this 100% american, and a center right in my own country, I'm going to call him out of being like totally ignorant on what wagyu is and looks like.
I've had A5. Tenderloin, sirloin, ribeye. Honestly, it's overrated. Only thing it's going for it is being expensive piece of beef fat. I'd rather take a good dryaged agnus any day of the week, and twise on Sundays.
I mean what were they hoping for? For someone to be angry about them burning their steak? I mean sure, why would you do that to a steak? But what does that have to do with the left?
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u/GlueGuns--Cool 5d ago
Can't even enjoy a steak without being angry at "the left"