• Crikeste@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Man, I have tried SO HARD to get people to realize that just because politicians say something, doesn’t mean they believe it.

    They are APPEALING TO YOU, not expressing their own held beliefs. Sometimes it overlaps, sometimes it doesn’t.

    My dad is a perfect example: he doesn’t necessarily agree with abortion due to his beliefs, but he will ALWAYS support the right to choose.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Exactly! And you can see sometimes when a politician is uncomfortable with something but supports it anyways. Whether it’s Ted Cruz simping for the man who publicly called his wife ugly or Hillary Clinton clearly not getting modern social issues. That’s why people make politicians say certain things, it makes it clear what they’re expected to do.