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I’m young, bright, and on the Right – but voting for Labour (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm incredibly left wing, but slinging insults like this isn't helping to close the gap and persuade people to help build a fairer society. There are many, very intelligent right wing thinkers who I mainly disagree with.

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[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works [S] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'd say more extreme views, whether right-wing or left-wing, tend to be associated with dogmatism and rigidity, which are more appealing to less intelligent people

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[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The author of the article didn't start they were extremely right wing

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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Amazing how people still think the Hillary Clinton tactic of insulting the electorate works.

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