An explanation for the statistics republicans being more open to dating democrats is that republicans are deeply entrenched in their own privilege and have not meaningfully interrogated the oppressive mechanism of their believes, so ultimately view left and right political ideologies as on an equal playing field. Conservatism protects the status quo and what is seen as normative/respectable (being white, heterosexual, middle/upper class, non-immigrant). There is an inherent way of being and those who deviate from it are doing so intentionally and can be convinced, or in this case tamed, back into the norm. Not understanding oppression means that experiences from oppressed groups are just one off instances, not reflections of a larger systematic issues. There is a power dynamic only seen/accepted as reality by left leaning individuals that makes it challenging, if not impossible, to be in a relationship (on any level) with a conservative identifying individual. The blindness of power dynamics is what also leads conservatives to use talking points like “reverse racism” and “anti-woke.”
An explanation for the statistics republicans being more open to dating democrats is that republicans are deeply entrenched in their own privilege and have not meaningfully interrogated the oppressive mechanism of their believes, so ultimately view left and right political ideologies as on an equal playing field. Conservatism protects the status quo and what is seen as normative/respectable (being white, heterosexual, middle/upper class, non-immigrant). There is an inherent way of being and those who deviate from it are doing so intentionally and can be convinced, or in this case tamed, back into the norm. Not understanding oppression means that experiences from oppressed groups are just one off instances, not reflections of a larger systematic issues. There is a power dynamic only seen/accepted as reality by left leaning individuals that makes it challenging, if not impossible, to be in a relationship (on any level) with a conservative identifying individual. The blindness of power dynamics is what also leads conservatives to use talking points like “reverse racism” and “anti-woke.”