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misanthrope

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15. Because conservatism promotes an irrational certainty in an uncertain universe

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 06:46 PM

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Conservative thought is littered with black-and-white thinking that appeals to those beset by the realities of a complex existence. I get the appeal, it is just delusional in origin and practice.

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Why So Many Gen Z-ers Are Drawn to Conservative Christianity [View all] Coventina Tuesday OP

This is mostly Gen Z males, no? CousinIT Tuesday #1

Yes, further down in the article: Coventina Tuesday #4

Are all Gen-Z'ers white? lame54 Tuesday #2

Not by any means, further down the article: Coventina Tuesday #6

That's very disheartening lame54 Tuesday #9

Yes they enjoy their own paranoia and as youngsters are empty and easily hoodwinked bucolic_frolic Tuesday #3

Ugh. Gross NewHendoLib Tuesday #5

very disappointed young folk are still buying into these delusions Skittles Tuesday #7

"A sizeable minority" Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #8

alternative for gen Zers - turn off your phones and do something useful for your fellow humans. nt msongs Tuesday #10

The leadership has allowed the MSM & PTB LuvLoogie Tuesday #11

"...the perceived emptiness of secular liberalism..." J_William_Ryan Tuesday #12

I know this sounds simplistic but I honestly think many people are attracted to walkingman Tuesday #13

Easy answers to complex problems. TheProle Tuesday #14

Because conservatism promotes an irrational certainty in an uncertain universe misanthrope Tuesday #15