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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm not a conservative

Y' know, for someone that's accusing others of being obsessed with labeling, you sure do seem to be concerned with labels. Interesting.

There has to be a way to communicate with them.

Ah, that glorious sense of superiority. Please, enlighten us others with your rarified intellect! We lowly heathens know not what we do!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not obsessed with labels man. Engage with what I actually wrote ffs. All I'm saying here is maybe my messaging is bad. No matter how I write, you guys will zoom in on if im a conservative or not. If I don't write that im a progressive, then I spend the whole time explaining why i disagree with conservatives. If I write that im left/progressive, then i spend the whole time debating whether im an impostor. As long as my opinion strays .02% from yours I will have no opportunity to discuss ANYTHING

As long as my position doesn't align with yours thats all I hear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can't discuss your position without first clarifying what side of the aisle you sit on, and yet, you don't care about labels...

K.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If I don’t write that im a progressive, then I spend the whole time explaining why i disagree with conservatives. If I write that im left/progressive, then i spend the whole time debating whether im an impostor

I can't win.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Quit trying to "win." Quit virtue signaling how "left" you are. You'll lead a happier existence if you're not so hung up on how others see you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't mean "win" as in winning a debate. I mean "win" as in there is no possible way to have a discussion on ANYTHING with someone like you because you've decided the outcome long before the conversation has even started. In this whole debacle we didn't get to address anything except your incessant attacks on the integrity of my political alignment.