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Do you ever call-out your own side?

I know that the idea of having a 'side' is sometimes nebulous but we all have people here who we agree with on political issues in many ways though not completely. We all have identity and confirmation bias and its hard sometimes to be objective. Well, it's impossible to be truly objective but I think its good to try.

On here I have not really noticed right-wing people do that. I saw a post yesterday which called the terrorist act in Christchurch an act of self-defence. It got a heart and no push-back from anyone. I also remember a post telling a black man to stay on the plantation and it got four hearts and again no Conservative pushback. I haven't seen any far-gone things from the left which passes without being challenged but maybe that is my own confirmation bias and perhaps there are examples.

We live in partisan times and the temptation is to be tribal but I think we lose a lot if we can't call out people whom we ideologically agree with for overstepping the mark. It's good to think for yourselves too, or you might end up in a political movement which supports violence against Muslims or open racism. I don't think most Conservatives do agree with these things but I think people should say so.
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
People do things wrong, whether they belong to a "side" or no side. When someone deserves criticism, they should be criticized. I can't think of an instance where one of the hard right-wing SWers admitted wrong. Self-reflection seems to be completely absent in that group. I have seen left-wingers criticize others who share their beliefs if they go too far. I attribute this to the fact the left-wingers tend to see things in shades of gray, whereas right-wingers see things as black and white with no nuance.
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@windinhishair Those who are capable of self-reflection have already left the Republican party.