• dhork@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Um, it was in the article, at least in the words of his mom

    Robinson’s mother told investigators that in the last year, her son had “become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans-rights oriented,” Gray said.

    Now, these days, simply having empathy can be considered to be “leaning to the left”…

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      19 hours ago

      To his MAGA mom, accepting trans folks while retaining every other right wing shit view would be considered ‘leaning left’ because when you start off at the extreme even slightly approaching the center is considered ‘leaning more to the left’.

      That isn’t the same as ‘left leaning’ as used by anyone else.