this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
101 points (100.0% liked)

Science

13913 readers
2 users here now

Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
all 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] aramis87@fedia.io 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

tl;dr: US conservatives have been generally racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic, and those traits have become increasingly stronger in the past decade or so.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s because the Overton window has shifted.

In most of the Western world, mainstream Democrats (neoliberals etc) align with the far right political groups.

Generalized prejudice is a minor subset of that group, except where it spans the political landscape.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Calling this "conservatism" is already a fig leaf.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] remington@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

How presumptuous /s

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Youdontsay.png