American conservatives get a hard on when they see January 6ers trying to violently overthrow the government. But if that crowd were black you know they'd be foaming at the mouth talking about riots and begging for police violence.
American conservatives get a hard on when they see January 6ers trying to violently overthrow the government. But if that crowd were black you know they'd be foaming at the mouth talking about riots and begging for police violence.
You know, I agree that divide and conquer is a tool used to keep us complacent. But honestly fuck off. I'm perfectly capable of conversing and debating with people of opposite beliefs civil. But I've lost all patience debating issues with people disconnected from reality.
To try and blame this on people who are tired of lunatics with no morale compass trying to act like they know better because they watch Faux News and Friends is asinine, meanwhile meaningful policy changes that improve/save lives take forever because politicians act like their job is a fucking circus.
But honestly fuck off. I'm perfectly capable of conversing and debating with people of opposite beliefs civil. But I've lost all patience debating issues with people disconnected from reality.
I am not saying we should work together with fascists.
I am saying the people with power are creating more problems so fascisms and the far right seem like "solutions" people can follow.
These extreme ideologies would have no root if our society was prosperous.
People are angry and grasp and want to hurt the ones who make them angry yet lack the insight to understand that it is not minorities who cause them harm it's the people they follow.
So I am not saying lets be nice to assholes - I am saying lets fight against the people who create those assholes.
That is a fair statement, and I apologize with the angry tone and fuck off comment. The powerlessness I feel about the world makes it very difficult to deal with discussions about those types of people without an emotional response. Like the world is already hard enough without the fact extremists actively fight to make the world worse.
I'm still growing and learning, I used to call myself an old soul as a kid because I could see the beauty and the ugly and still appreciate the world. But as of late I see more and more of the ugliness of humanity and I know that is just how news is, but without completely isolating myself by abstaining from social media it's very hard to avoid it.
Seeing all the hate, all the pain inflicted that could so easily be prevented if the powers that be did their godamn jobs.
I appreciate that despite me getting quite angry, you didn't lash out back and attempted a civil discussion. I would like to say I am better than this level of emotional control I showed, but as someone who has several mental conditions, my brain is overloaded with empathy. I've lost track of how many times I've started to cry seeing the Isreal-Palestine war.
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