I swear they don't actually engage with the substance of an argument before they trot out their talking points because I'd be mortified to make an argument like that right after a comment with that 50% line.

In this way they’re just like the chuds. You test their intellectual flexibility and the moment you approach one of their red lines they lock up and the same dogmatic rigidity they associate with “leftist idealism” or “conservative fearmongering” rears its head. (The “extremes” their horseshoe theorizing built for them)

They’re walking around with thought-terminating cliches pressed to their heads like handguns.

Wait, fuck, I think I got a mental image for chud/lib debate: it’s two clowns with guns pointed at themselves threatening the other with taking themselves out and the leftist watches in horror from the side

I don’t know if you or I should feel the need to yell at these clowns but I do feel that they should be yelled at. Like these are distinct yet parallel thoughts in my head. Saying the vibes are fucked is underselling it these days so it’s good to air these things out.