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Why do conservatives call the left "snowflakes" when just about
everything seems to trigger conservatives (e.g. gay pride, same-sex
marriage, etc.)?


From my experience, I�ve noticed that conservatives are only good at
acting tough, but not actually being tough. They�ve become so obsessed
with this �toughness� image that it�s impossible for them to realize that they�re no less snowflaky than liberals.

They complain about the persecution of Christians, even though Christians continue to be the most powerful religious group, both politically and
socially (Christians have an entire political party dedicated to their
cause and Christian Churches are a million-dollar industry). They
complain about the lack of conservative voices on college campuses, even
though the most widely viewed media sources are conservative-leaning (Fox News�etc.). They complain about liberals being intolerant of conservative views, but they do nothing about the pervasiveness of racism, xenophobia,
and bigotry that exists among conservative voters. Even LGBT
conservatives spend more time complaining about the liberal bent of LGBT people, rather than try to convince LGBT people to become conservative.
Have you ever been to a gay conservative gathering? They spend more time complaining about liberals and transgender people than actually discuss conservative ideas.

Conservatives see themselves as the �tough� guys. They�re tough on crime,
tough on illegal immigration, tough on foreign enemies�etc. This
�toughness� mentality is so strong and entrenched that it�s hard for them
to understand why others would think that they�re whiny. Take Trump, for instance. No one likes to act like a tough guy more than Trump. He is
very brash and confrontational in his insults. Yet the minute someone
responds to his insults, he whines like a 5-year old on twitter and
complains about how people are mean to him. Does that sound like a tough
guy to you? Nope. Just a guy who likes to talk tough.

Conservatives are no less whiny than liberals. However, forget about
making them realize that. After all, aren�t they the �hawks� on the
political spectrum?


It�s a DARVO tactic called �projection.� Attribute your own foibles to
the designated enemy, and hope that no one thinks to call you on it.

And right-wingers are not �triggered.� There is no past trauma involved. They�re just butthurt. (Then again: the modern American right determine
what counts as a legit trauma button and what�s just offense by real or perceived political allegiance; after all, they tend to perceive
designated enemies as not entirely real.)
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There's a megaton of truth in your question.

My take? Their M.O. became a reflex, and subsequently, inconveniences
like serious thought, logic, consistency and deliberation are no longer required.

Obama = bad. Hillary = bad. Liberal = bad. Media (minus FoxNews & AM talk radio) = bad.

�Straight� marriage = good. �Gay� marriage = bad.

Ultimately for too many on the right, the fight comes down to �We have
endured a deluge of unfair accusations from the left. They are the enemy,
and we are pissed. So now we must wage war against them. Indefinitely.�

I would argue that it is like a religious war. They don't care how
hypocritical they look. They don't care how nonsensical they sound. They
don't care how unscrupulous or ill-prepared their choice for president
was. They don't care how many White nationalists join their ranks.

They just don't care, for they are at war and �the greater good��whatever
that is supposed to be�trumps everything else.

�Save America�, �America First�, �The Forgotten People�. That's what
matters. And the so-called enemy is (somehow) against all of that.

�I'm right and they're wrong. So it's perfectly okay if I call them
'snowflake' while behaving like the biggest snowflake ever.�

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