The exodus of the blue avatars

[Goldwater]

I think much of this has less to do with the culture of Atlas and more to do with the nature of conservatism itself. At best, conservatism seeks to preserve the status quo, so they haven't really though about how they might defend their beliefs. They've never had to. They're not advocating for any kind of change, so they don't have any institutions or leaders to challenge. Conservatives generally hail from echo chambers and have rarely, if ever, had their belief system challenged. They haven't been exposed to liberal/progressive line of thought. If they have, it's been a strawman or extremist outlier manufactured by Fox News or some other conservative outlet. So when they finally do encounter a left-leaning person who competently defends their beliefs, it feels like a personal attack. It's the same reason why many conservatives feel that their opinions are not welcome in a university setting. It's the first time where someone has actually made them defend why they believe what they believe.

  

 

lol do you deny that conservatives are generally in echo chambers?

no less than progressives are in

A lot of progressives spend time socializing and debating with mainstream Democrats / center-left people who are their love-hate allies against the right wing. Rose Twitter is the loudest progressive voice, but that doesn't mean it's where most progressives actually are.

TBF, when we're talking about groups as broad as "blue avatars", the nuanced destinations between "progressives" and "center-left Democrats" is basically irrelevant.

[Goldwater]

The partisan that would give a cogent defense of law enforcement, the Supreme Court and the free market also strongly believes transgender people are perverts and should be imprisoned, which would inevitably result in a ban here.

What? I fail to see how supporting the free market requires thinking that all trans people are perverts that deserve to be imprisoned...