Tthey assume. Everything they believe is at the level of assumption, nothing verifiable, everything said by their political party is taken as true on faith. Been that way since Trump was elected. I think letting him win that election was strategic: he came in very handy for further brainwashing of both the left and the right. And he knows it, is playing his assigned part.
Yes, we are still more than civil to each other. I was a bit surprised myself. This is why I think it's a good time to stick my neck out - for some reason, some libs are less stalwart about Democrat pronouncements at this moment, are better able to see, or re-consider, all the malarkey. I think we can see this on the right too. The lines are getting blurry, opportunities opening up.
I know a few liberals that I can have calm discussions with and this is enjoyable, especially when they don't just agree with everything their party of choice says without even really having their own thoughts and opinions about it.
Many of my liberal friends are kind of surprised when I break ranks on certain issues like abortion and the military but that is just because they assume that since I am not a liberal that I must be an Ultra-MAGA. I also know a few liberals out there that are not full on Democrats and are truly independent. These are the people I enjoy speaking with the most because you can tell that they have formed their own ideals and didn't let social media dictate what they are going to think.
Then I have another liberal friend who when I told her a true story of a relative of mine who is the "L" in LGBT and how she told me that most of the L's and G's don't want anything to do with any of the letters that come after B and how they don't really want the B's affiliated with them either. This liberal friend of mine, without hearing anything else called my relative a cunt for thinking that way. That was her immediate response, without even asking and questions she resorted to saying something awful about someone she knows nothing about. These people are the worst and it doesn't matter if they are right or left leaning. They are zombies.
Yes, most of the liberals I know, including my entire family-of-origin except for me, are zombies. They assume I am far right Q ultra MAGA if I say anything negative about Biden, for instance. Definitely have lost all capacity for reason when it comes to politics, Ukraine, and covid. When I remarked that children are being medically altered against their parents' wishes, they called me a conspiracy theorist. They have no idea what is going on in the world, live in tiny little prisons that they call freedom. And yes, like with your friend, if I continue to try to discuss pretty much anything with them, they will get very nasty, as if I am the enemy. Of course, their president (not mine) told them I was a domestic terrorist not long ago, and they weirdly worship him. So, we have superficial relationships and don't discuss anything of value. I limit the amount of time I spend with them. As for conservative zombies, many of those downright worship Trump, who is probably just another player in the show that is being put on for us, keeping us believing that a different person at the helm will set this ship aright. Not gonna happen. We are in for it now. Hang on! (spoken like a true conspiracy theorist)
I just watched The Jones Plantation last night, which illustrates how Democracy is a slave system, among other things. Check it out!
I will definitely do so. thanks for that.