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Ideology gap increase between young men and women in various countries. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly. I would be almost as upset with being classified as a liberal or a Democrat as I would be a conservative.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

At the same time I know many people (my brother included) that claim to be "independent" because they think that the trump camp is somehow outside the conservative camp, and therefore respond "independent" on polls. Because they think "I'm not democrat or conservative, I just want to drain the swamp" and then support trump, who is literally a swamp.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I get classified as all three depending on who I’m talking to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's because when talking to tribalist types, you're seen as either with them or against them and in a system with 2 political parties "against them" means "supporting the other guys".

There is no independent thinking amongst the "party supporter" masses, only following and parroting of the party messages, so the idea of somebody being a genuinely independent thinker guided by personal principles rather than following some tribe or other is anathema to them.