Don’t worry. Republicans intend to rape women to force them to have their children after they outlaw abortion nationally. That’s why I tell people if I find out you rape women. I’ll cut off your dick. I have 2 of my 4 sisters, who have survived sexual assault. Those men are lucky they are in jail.
This is funny, but in reality douche bags win at dating because most people just are overly willing to give others the benefit of the doubt.
I’m sure Ill get some comments for saying that, but this applies outside of dating too, and applies to women as well.
How do you think strategies like weaponized incompetence work? They rely on a partner believing the other partner is participating in good faith.
How do you think the oil/dairy/meat lobbyists having one guy in a lab coat challenge mountains of scientists in a lab coat works? People just don’t investigate deeply, assume all parties are acting in good faith, see that there is any disagreement between people who seem knowledgeable, call it a draw and walk away.
When people date stealth republicans, it becomes evident later than they would like because people really tend to give others the benefit of the doubt and assume they think like how they themselves think.
This common trend people have of assuming good will makes them very vulnerable to people abusing social norms and expectations. The way most of us think make us incredibly vulnerable.
The alternative is more depressing, cynical and cagey, but I can’t see any other way to stop the worst people in society from winning purely by operating in ways that skirt on the edge of what you are willing to believe is in good faith.
How do you think the oil/dairy/meat lobbyists having one guy in a lab coat challenge mountains of scientists in a lab coat works? People just don’t investigate deeply, assume all parties are acting in good faith, see that there is any disagreement between people who seem knowledgeable, call it a draw and walk away.
i mean, you’re describing science, not industry-captured science. you make progress by challenging the existing models, either improving the models or finding better ones. overwhelming ego and bad faith are difficult to distinguish between, and well i’ve known a lot of scientists.
I’m in the South and I’d hate to be online dating as a conservative. Many profiles say “not interested in politics” and the like. Found out that’s code for "Keep your Trump bullshit to yourself. Many straight up say no MAGA. A few women have told me that their date was ranting at them about Trump, on the first date. First and only date.
More than just giving the benefit of a doubt, especially in dating situations, people often fill in what they don’t know about the other person with what they want to be true. It’s not necessarily a conscious thing, but it happens a lot.
People do that with people they dislike too
While this has been true in the past, most people are done with giving MAGA Traitors any benefit of the doubt. They’ve worn that out. Nobody trusts ANYTHING they say anymore.
Even Democratic Legislators are starting to resist, and they’re the most cowardly, appeasment-loving losers on the planet.
Nobody should date MAGAs. They all cheat, and you know they’re awful in bed anyway. Let them disappoint each other.
You say that, but of white women, which I’m using because it’s an easy demographic to use to illustrate this point, 53% voted for trump.
Its less awful among young voters but the trend has actually been going backwards.
Surprise! Among ALL people, some are decent, and some are shitty. It doesn’t matter what gender, color, religion, national origin, age, etc. Some people are cool, and some people suck, and that includes Women.
ALL MAGAs are terrible, terrible people on every possible way.
Don’t become further polarized. MAGA ≠ Republican
Understood… Comic still holds.
oh but I will… both = us citizens and thats evil enough for me to keep my distance
I don’t see very many Republicans standing against MAGA. All the long term local GOP representative s in my area have also jumped on the MAGA train. It has become like the old meme if you have 11 people at a table and 1 is a nazi, you have 11 Nazis at the table. This is the same for MAGA. No Republicans are kicking MAGA out of the table. If there is one MAGA at the GOP table they are in control of it .
But… but… but what if I WANT to spend the rest of my life barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen, surrounded by unvaccinated children of all ages without any science, reason and empathy at all, in our family values?
See and that’s where you’re wrong.
You would be surrounded by the ghosts of your formerly unvaccinated children.
This is exactly why I think that when teaching history, we should make it very, very clear how many of people died as kids. (about 48-50% is the world history average)
Will we still just have one gravestone with five dates spanning five weeks?
Odd one out, what’s wrong with being barefoot. I like being barefoot
You forgot the beatings
And the incest
And the pedophilia.
And the homophobia and the Grindr.
There’s a new MAGA dating app called PedoCon.
I’m shocked nobody has mentioned the guns yet lol.
It’s not time for christmas cards yet.
We may not make it to Christmas because of the rapture will surely happen by then.
And my axe!
And the rape
Then you probably want to come over to South America. We have places like that.
We call them
‘South America’. 😜
And Fox “News” on TV 24 hours a day, telling you what opinions you have and what to think and say.
I dated a Republican woman in 2008 around the time of the election. She joked that I was a baby killer because I support free choice. That wasn’t a deal breaker for her though lol. We dated for far too long. She was actually super sweet just not a good match at all. It was a valuable experience.
But no lol
No exclamation marks?!
will you date a fat guy regardless of his political alignment?
short answer: no long answer: hell nooooooooo
I see this on 4chan all the time. You’ve got this demand among the NEETs that their partners look like supermodels, then a bunch of screaming and crying when a woman is repulsed by their bad grooming or poor manners.
On the flip side, you’ve got the /r/RelationshipAdvice threads where “RED FLAG! DUMP HIM!” is this pre-programmed response to damned near every post. Guys who aren’t sexy enough are undateable trash. Guys who are too sexy are skeazy fuckbois (or worse… gay!)
But then you log the fuck off, touch grass, and meet dozens of happy couples of every size and shape and disposition. You even see people with disparate political philosophies dating, because not everyone is a fucking nerd obsessed with primary results and poll numbers and creating some kind of breeding program to win the next election cycle.
no, social media has brainwashed women that fat = bad gymbro/skinny = good. that’s why i gave up on dating and just gunna be chillin. being a 35 yr old NEET just chillin. fuck life, less stress is better anyways.
Hi. When is the last time you talked to a woman? Your mom doesn’t count.
Year ago
social media has brainwashed women that fat = bad gymbro/skinny = good
My Brother in Christ, we’ve had this standard since Calvin Klein plastered half the country in heroin-sheik underwear models. You are two generations late to the party.
that’s why i gave up on dating
naw, it wasn’t this bad before. its gotten alot worse. im 35 so ive seen it all
I’m a gymbro and things aren’t going any better for me lol.
come to canada, insta gf
I know plenty of larger men who are happily dating. The problem isn’t the body mass.
I also know plenty of conservatives happily dating, what’s your point exactly then
oh trust me it is. i actually deleted online dating apps after being called peter griffin even though i dont have a double or triple chin unless i really tuck my head in. im 35, i dont have time for shit like that
Ok, let me amend my position: body mass is not a universal deal breaker. There are people who will reject someone on appearance or weight, but there are many people who would find that same person attractive.
i don’t believe that, but like i can’t force someone to change what their preferences are, i don’t want to change who i am. its just easier to give up
The embodiment of politics in everything US is soul destroying.
What does this mean exactly?
that’s what i was saying and must be tiring.
It is. This comic is also not representative of reality, as Trump won the majority of white women voters in 2024.
Trump won the majority of white women voters in 2024
Technically true, but you’re twisting the stats really hard to support your incorrect narrative. Women as a demographic group voted Harris. Since that contradicted the narrative you wanted to portray, you picked a sub-group of white women. White women, as a whole, did indeed favor Trump in the election, but younger white women did not. The 18-49 white demographic as a whole favored Harris by a razor thin margin. If we also wanted to add in the fact she is single, that would push the demographic even more towards Harris
Young people do not favor Trump, especially not young, single, white women. You were incorrect to cherry pick data implying the opposite
Sources: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voting-patterns-in-the-2024-election/
Depends.
I mean, in some definition, I could also be considered a republican, I believe in the establishment of a republican form of goverment, as opposed to a monarchy.
This comic is US Centrism
The definition in this context is clearly referring to the political party, not your stance towards systems of government.
Thats the thing, the USA “Republican” Party members doesn’t even support Republicanism, they are literally against the constitution, and thus don’t deserve to have this term all to themselves.
Being deliberately obtuse about semantics with terminology doesn’t contribute to the discussion.
How can I make this about me!
It’s a comic by an American artist about the American political system, what don’t you get
What truly identifies someone as republican or democrat? Does it boil down to who you voted for? Or a culmination of of conservative or liberal opinions?
Edit: I consider myself a centrist… ive voted in all the presidential elections, but ive never voted right or left, always 3rd party. I never like the options. I dont make big out of politics, its too annoying, and id like to find a girl that doesnt have extreme political views.
That said, there are pros and cons to dating someone on either side. Democrats girls… oh lord, they definitely can be more annoying about politics than the R girls. Oh they’ve usually slept with a LOT more people than R girls, and they’ve potentially had girlfriends in the past, thats fine though. R girls are much more pretentious. R girls can have more unrealistic views about “what a man should do”. They feel like if you dont follow some arbitrary rules, you are less masculine somehow. There is more byt im done.
I’m going to assume you’re quite young and try to delve into some of what you’re trying to explore here.
I find politics to be very important if not the most important factor in choosing a long term partner.
With the divergence we’ve seen on both ends of the political spectrum, centrist doesn’t mean anything anymore. It only a meaningful application when the Overton window is narrow. It was narrower 20 to 30 years ago. Now it’s so wide that when someone tells me they’re centrist it usually means they’re politically disengaged, indecisive and/or noncommittal which can be red flags when looking for a long term partner.
Voting third party is not a problem if you can back that up with a legitimate worldview beyond being nonconformist for the sake of feeling unique.
I see that you’re noticing trends. That’s perfectly ok, we all do. Just make sure you stay humble enough to know that the number of data points you have will always make your perspective anecdotal. Avoid saying these people are like this, especially when you run the risk of being dismissive or dehumanizing, because the reality is you don’t know all people in that group. When you meet an individual, see them as an individual, as unique, sophisticated and varied as you are.
You’ve attempted to describe women with liberal and conservative worldviews but have managed to do so in a fairly crass and dismissive way. This is actually kind of impressive since usually its one side describing the other in an unflattering manner but because you are “centrist” you’ve managed to berate both.
This is what many describe as the “South Park” effect. Staying in the middle, critiquing both sides to feel superior about yourself while standing for little to nothing on your own. Its actually very detrimental to political discourse since it prioritizes self over looking for ways to uplift society as a collective.
Your conclusions come across as overly superficial. Instead of trying to paint in such broad strokes, try to understand people on a deeper more meaningful level. Be humble, respectful and curious about the world and people.
You’re being criticized heavily but the reality is many of us thought with simple pattern based heurisitics when we were younger. Its the most common way of thinking when we’re teenagers and young adults.
What’s remarkable is many people don’t mature beyond this over the course of an entire lifetime. Don’t be one of those people. Life is better when you go deeper.
Since you’re centrist I don’t know if you agree with me on this but I believe that women, our LGBT brothers and sisters, and people of all racial and national background are people. For that reason I strongly believe that their rights are indeed human rights. In modern political discourse that makes me leftist but its beyond labels for me. For me, its part of what makes me human.
I find politics to be very important if not the most important factor in choosing a long term partner.
Noticing trends, I feel like people who say this have limited experience in close relationships with people of widely disparate views. I personally would hate to date someone who agrees with me on most things. Not only because it would be boring, but because it would be hard to learn and grow from them.
I see what you’re saying but I think when you really get to know a person you’d be hard pressed to find two that overlap so much that theres nothing they can learn from each other. At least that’s what I’ve experienced. Certain beliefs / viewpoints are so fundamental to how we view the world that they are absolute deal breakers / nonnegotiable for me (for example, human rights, as I’ve mentioned above) in the context of a long term relationship. That isn’t a denial of the other person’s ability to grow per se, just that if I’m going to invest so much in another person, they have to be able to see humanity in all and I don’t think its constructive for us to be a relationship if they don’t at least have the potential to get there.
Dang, wow friend, you are on point in several places. First, thank you for responding in such a constructive manner and not devolving into ad hominem attacks. (which I can be guilty of sometimes).
when someone tells me they’re centrist it usually means they’re politically disengaged, indecisive and/or noncommittal which can be red flags when looking for a long term partner.
I think your on point here too. Kinda applies to me.
“You’ve attempted to describe women with liberal and conservative worldviews but have managed to do so in a fairly crass and dismissive way. This is actually kind of impressive since usually its one side describing the other in an unflattering manner but because you are “centrist” you’ve managed to berate both.”
This feels flattering. That was my intention, to denigrate equally. But maybe i shouldn’tdo that, it feels too cynical… seriously, I shouldnt do that, I should lift others up and not pull them down.
I find politics to be very important if not the most important factor in choosing a long term partner.
I dont believe that, but to each their own. I believe that they are important because what they represent, and what that they can tell us about a person. Its the moral implications of the policies that the politics enacted…
I dont know, Im super tired, have a migraine and need to stop this for now…
I consider myself a centrist
and downvote. If you’re a centrist in THIS political environment, that’s like saying “oh, I’m diet Nazi”…
I feel like I used to be a centrist, and then things continued shifting around me until the concept of the government acting sanely and working for the people it represents makes me an extreme leftist…
I think it’s reasonable to be critical of extremists. Like, I argue against lefty wokescolds/puritans/tankies all the time. But like, if you’re between the DNC and the GOP and you think that’s some kind of “both sides/fair and balanced/enlightened” position… you’re probably politically ignorant… Hell, if you think the DNC is some actual leftist position… you’re probably politically ignorant.
I just watched a Ronald Reagan video last night where he predicted everything that’s happening right now, because he saw it during the Depression. I found myself thinking “holy fuck, Ronald Reagan is making a lot of sense, what a leader”.
Reagan is responsible for a lot of the shit the world is experiencing right now.
Exactly. Even Reagan sounds sane compared to Trump.
the overton window has shifted so dramatically in the last 40 years, it’s insane.
Ill try to clarify my opinion. Not much turns me off more than the extreme militant political person. If your an average Joe like me, there is no reason your identity should be extremely political. If you consistently become emotional about political issues, you might need to take a step back and re-examine yourself. Its a sign that you can get led by nose and susceptible to emotional manipulation by a political agenda…
Its actually fairly simple, do you have strong political opinions? And an asshole about it? I love you as a person in general, but also f–k off. I dont want to hear you regurgitate the propaganda that you have been fed, this applies to both sides like calling me a “diet nazi.”
I do think most can agree with me that the extremely political, vocal and opinionated folks are generally insufferable A-holes. Either side.
Ive been called a communist/socialist by the conservatives i know, ive also been called a fascist by democrats/liberals and others. I haven’t picked a side, and im not going to, so im disliked by by both sides.
If your an average Joe like me, there is no reason your identity should be extremely political.
I feel like you almost discovered the concept of privilege here.
If you consistently become emotional about political issues, you might need to take a step back and re-examine yourself.
But then kind of whiffed here.
Someone’s identity as a gay person or black person should not be “political” (whatever that means. Care to define it?). But it is.
Like, it was in living memory that black people had to sit in the back of the bus, and couldn’t buy property in certain places. Women couldn’t open checking accounts of their own until like 1974. Trans people are routinely subject to hate and danger.
Why do you think people are “regurgitating propaganda” rather than describing their experiences? Why is your baseline cool and normal and theirs is “led by the nose”?
And it’s extremely lossy to compress all of politics down to “sides”. There are details. People experience and believe things. It’s not just like rooting for a baseball team (though for some people it can be, admittedly).
Emotions are unfortunately tied to certain political issues, thats the way it is. Some things’ll never change! Ah, but dont you believe them.
Why do you think people are “regurgitating propaganda” rather than describing their experiences?
Well, they do both. But its easy to recognize the propaganda when its regurgitated because its usually the same words or phrases used.
Emotions are unfortunately tied to certain political issues, thats the way it is.
Does that mean the topics that elicit emotions are invalid? What does it mean?
If your an average Joe like me, there is no reason your identity should be extremely political.
One of the political parties has made people’s existence extremely political. A trans person’s identity is extremely political not because they want it to be, but because other people have decided it is.
When the current political climate makes “I think everyone should have basic human rights” an ‘extremely political statement’ then there is no way to not be political unless you are a fucking monster.
If you don’t experience any oppression then I guess it’s quite easy to say politics don’t matter.
Quickly looking at your past comments it’s easy to see why nobody likes you.
lol, you’re not kidding.
Shocking no one… guy says he’s a centrist… four days ago he’s crying over and supporting Charlie Fucking Kirk.
Everytime someone says “uhm actually, I’m a centrist” it’s code for “actually I’m squarely right wing but plz plz plz don’t hate me for it uwu”.
And he takes issue with being labeled as “diet nazi”. Like, bro, that’s what you are. You’re an enabler and useful idiot for fascists. That’s why people don’t like you.
______________________________EDIT: fukcing LOL, he deleted his post so the link above is defunc now. That’s okay, here’s some Charlie apologia quotes from his comment history:
charlie never advocated violence. But the contrary, in fact. To solicit violence from anything he said would only come from your perceptions and bias, not what he “preached”
The divide is so deep here. If you feel some sort of hatred for charlie kirk, please, do let everyone know. We want to know if you support callus, weak, vile way that charlie kirk was murdered.
Or ya know you can also just Read His Modlog for all the bans/removals he’s gotten for: homophobia, transphobia, trolling, hate, bigotry, misinformation…
last quote, from that charlie thread he deleted:
Oh also im not a conservative, but I know thats probably hard to understand for public school kids like yourself
“CeNtRiSt”
Ive been called a communist/socialist by the conservatives i know, ive also been called a fascist by democrats/liberals and others. I haven’t picked a side, so im disliked by by both sides.
If you run into one asshole, you ran into one asshole, if you run into assholes all day… buddy, you’re probably the asshole.
Well, I hear ya, and I dont deny sometimes its me being the asshole. But I think it mainly how divisive everything is these days. Like you can say 1 opinion and people think they know exactly who you are.
Judging by what I’ve seen of your opinions so far maybe they’re not wrong?
It’s all very subjective. Believe what rings true
I’m gonna approach this with good faith because I am assuming you are trying to. No on is immune to propoganda, you are not immune to propoganda and neither am I. Pretending political extremes are inherently and equally bad is in of itself is propoganda. Politics is an important aspect of life, it impacts a lot of people in serious ways. Invalidating that because someone is emotional about it is kinda fucked up. Like yeah a queer person is going to be emotional about politics because their identity is under attack due to politics. Many aspects of life are political, things that people are often times passionate about or otherwise deeply impact them.
Secondly leftist, like myself, believe what we believe because the current status quo is unfair and hurting people. We are striving to make the world a more free and fair place. So yeah, when someone says they are a centrist (which effectively means supporting the status quo), then that is to us opposing progress to a more free and fair society. To us it is saying that the people harmed by the status quo are either not real, don’t matter, or that that harm is a good thing.
I aint gonna say every leftist is built the same. There are a lot with very harmful beliefs. But you are lumping everyone together cause you feel their politics are too extreme and erasing all the nuance. And also lumping us in with groups that we hate and have completely different goals, morals, etc. Fascists and communists are not the same just because they are both extreme. Do some communists really blur that line? Yeah, they are called tankies and I fucking hate them.
This is all to say, shitting on people for simply having extreme politics is erasing a lot of nuance and in of itself is propoganda to help support the status quo.
Edit: nvm dude’s a nazi chud pretending to be a centrist. Fucking coward
Good write up. Unfortunately, it’s pearls before swine.
Dudes a winger, Charlie Kirk supporting incel type.
And theres the other issue with identifying as centrist. Nazis keep using it as a way to hide the fact they are nazis
yup… they always do.
They try to appeal as though they’re being civil and fair, but it’s just a deception, every time. Right out of the nazi playbook. I don’t think I’ve ever met a person who called themselves a “centrist” who wasn’t actually, a fucking nazi, but too much of a pussy to admit it.
Yeah I’m giving up on giving people the benefit of the doubt when they say they are a centrist
Edit: they always want to idolize macho men and shit like that yet they are such cowards they gotta slither around and hide. Hypocrites and cowards
Thank you, I appreciate that thoughtful response. You’re on point in a few places. Like yes, politics are an important part of life and I shouldnt invalidate someone’s emotions about them… you put me in my place there, I concede. And maybe im not even centrist. I might be a libertarian.
Im not even who you assume me to be. But its ok. Im not worried about it
maybe im not even centrist. I might be a libertarian.
So you agree then? “diet nazi”. Fucking called it.
No point in arguing with extremists at either end. None of them have a life.
Okay, I’ll address that last paragraph.
First of all, gross. These being the things you focus on says more about you than anyone else.
Second, the stereotyping by politics is so inaccurate as to be insulting. If you’re ever exposed to the real world, you’ll discover your stereotypes don’t hold.
Second, the stereotyping by politics is so inaccurate as to be insulting.
Isn’t that the whole premise of this post?
No. Judging people for their core beliefs, like if it’s okay for Nazi thugs to abduct people off the street with no due process, is not a stereotype.
If you support this Republican party, you don’t believe in the Constitution, rule of law, or America. And frankly we’d all be better off if you got the fuck out.
You sound like an incel. I don’t mean it as an insult, just a heads up.
Would you date this guy?
Only thing worse than a conservative is a centrist, because centrists are just conservatives that are too cowardly to own up to their hateful views.
who do centrists hate?
I wouldn’t date anyone who has an issue with women having a sexual history, so that’s an easy “no.”
I wonder if you’ll ever figure out how cringe your comment is. Also, no one cares who men date (including you, but you’ve over shared that anyways).
The comic isn’t about that. Women’s rights and freedoms are far far more likely to be cut, curtailed, attacked, or rolled back by Republicans/conservatives.
You’re so lost bro. You don’t get the basics here.
This is me explaining them to you.Gross
Why tho ? He’s right. (In the US) voting right or left or 3th party doesn’t change anything. Rep&Dem work for the elites, and third parties never win. It’s all wasted time.
If you think we would be in a similar position if Harris had won then you just aren’t smart enough to be talking right now
Do you talk about women that way too?
If you are a white middle class male that miiiight be true. But I am not from the US, so I can’t be sure if it is true even for them.
As a PoC in a neighbourhood of upper middle class white people, quite a few who support Trump, they (the ones here specifically) live life with absolute certainty that Trump won’t go after them. They don’t mind that he’s going after others as long as it doesn’t affect them and may even support it if its to their economic benefit.
They may be right about him not going after them directly. Quite a few are xenophobic enough that they’ll eat some economic loss (which they can easily withstand) in order for a narrative of This is our country to be projected, which they feel Trump is doing effectively.
Its the rural white folk (which is the majority that voted for him) that he will hurt the most but because of poor literacy and education they are easily impressionable and will willingly burn themselves at the stake for him, just to live with the idea that maybe one day they can be just like him.
What?
The whole edit, all of it is gross, but the second paragraph is borderline concerning.
Wasted votes.
Oh. Whatever…
I need to take a shower after reading that.
