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I can't really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by "both" sides of the spectrum. It's just something I find interesting.

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[–] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know. I think it depends more on where they grow up and who/what they're exposed to (in person and online). At the high school I work at, we have a bunch of lgbtq+ teens whose conservative parents have no idea they're queer or go by a different name. But I also don't live somewhere like Wyoming with a much higher conservative population. I live in a college town in a (barely) blue county surrounded by red counties in an ultimately very blue state.

I hope we find a way to kill the online radical right pipeline and continue to expose more teens to other ideas, other cultures, and other ways of life, and maybe it won't matter so much who their parents are.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A blue county surrounded by red counties in an ultimately very blue state

Tell me you live in California without telling me you live in California

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Speaking of Reddit, here's an overused response that needs to be left behind with all the other unoriginal crap responses.

[–] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Only if we can kill the online radical left pipeline too. Too many tankies