🧵There’s an Instagram creator I follow called “Mister Mainer” who makes really funny dog videos. He puts wigs on his dogs, gives them voices, and creates characters—one of them is a realtor named Karen Bark.
The videos are very entertaining, and he’s built a large following—close to 2 million on Instagram, and over 20 million on TikTok.
Lately, though, he’s been posting nonstop leftist political content—“trans rights,” “No Kings” (promoted as protesting fascism), and anti-deportation videos.
He recently lost two sponsors because they have policies against working with political creators.
He framed it as being dropped for supporting human rights.
The videos are very entertaining, and he’s built a large following—close to 2 million on Instagram, and over 20 million on TikTok.
Lately, though, he’s been posting nonstop leftist political content—“trans rights,” “No Kings” (promoted as protesting fascism), and anti-deportation videos.
He recently lost two sponsors because they have policies against working with political creators.
He framed it as being dropped for supporting human rights.
I’m sure he really believes that. I did too, for a brief period back in 2020, when I got swept up in the same social justice rhetoric. I had only a very superficial understanding of politics, but being part of a group gave me undeserved confidence in my views.
This isn't about human rights at all. It's about a narrow, far-left worldview that employs dishonest framing and childish tactics—claiming that if you don't agree with their approach, you oppose human rights. That kind of social pressure works on a lot of people.
It also reveals how shallow many people’s understanding of politics is on the left.
Most normies who repeat these social justice slogans haven’t spent any time thinking critically about the issues they support—which involves trying to understand both sides.
Most normies who repeat these social justice slogans haven’t spent any time thinking critically about the issues they support—which involves trying to understand both sides.
They take their cues from their favorite influencers and celebrities and are comfortable deferring to what feels like consensus on left-dominated platforms—it’s the bandwagon effect.
In reality, when you start to learn about politics beyond a surface-level understanding—which I have been doing for four years and am still learning—one of the first things you discover is that the right is not opposed to human rights. It just approaches them differently.
And in many cases, right-leaning policies lead to better outcomes because they are realistic and practical—grounded in human nature and informed by history. They focus on what works, not what sounds good.
The left doesn’t have a monopoly on human rights. It has a monopoly on narrative—and many people on the left don’t realize there’s a difference.
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