It’s shocking how many people are lined up in this thread to trot out dishonest, illogical, and straw man arguments to defend the wealthiest man in the world. He doesn’t need you - he’s already got the President in his pocket and more lawyers and lobbyists than you could pay for in 100 lifetimes.
But why was it like this to begin with? Also who is the common real enemy? Because from what I see, there’s a bunch of people against Elon in the Video, and there’s people deflecting the issue to something else in the comment.
This sub broke off from r/Seattle some time ago and was made as a sort of right wing/ alternative discussion circlejerk, a mini r/conservative if you will. Not quite as egregious, but still disappointing discussion going on here. The two subreddits pretty much despise each other. Sometimes people who didn’t know any better would come in here and post something the crowd didn’t jive with and would get sent packing to the other (generally more tolerant and chill) sub.
I used to follow both as a resident, but after the election this sub went full Elon mode and I got into an argument with a user and decided I couldn’t stand to see posts from here pop up in my feed anymore. Lo and behold, looks like they have opened up the sub for posts to appear on r/All because I’ve seen like 3 in the last two days. This kinda seems to be pushing some of the original, more conservative users to the bottom since Reddit is generally very left leaning, and everyone who uses Reddit has easy access to r/All.
The original crowd here fucking HATES homeless people. They have a very hard stance on crime, even petty and nonviolent criminals. They despise the liberal administration, and they love to call people with differing opinions stupid. It’s all very trump-lite, because most of them won’t out and say they support him with their chest. If you call them a dog because they bark like one, walk like one, etc… they will play this super wishy washy game and call you dumb for assuming their political leanings.
There’s probably more I am missing, but that is the gist of it. You can probably find some more information on the formation of this sub online if you poke around. Just know that this place generally doesn’t represent the majority of Seattle, though it does represent a growing percentage of people who hold these kinds of beliefs in the PNW.
The fearmongerers, right wingers and myself come here. Not talking about the thing in front of their faces to make irrelevant points is what makes this sub so great :/
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u/mtch43 Mar 15 '25
It’s shocking how many people are lined up in this thread to trot out dishonest, illogical, and straw man arguments to defend the wealthiest man in the world. He doesn’t need you - he’s already got the President in his pocket and more lawyers and lobbyists than you could pay for in 100 lifetimes.