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Remember when this guy drank the water at Flint, too bad you can't drone strike lead pipes
I remember that your comments always focus on criticizing Democrats and Democrats alone.
What do you mean? I just don't comment on Republicans because threats of violence get removed
Also there was more aggressive pro-democrat posters, so it usually escalates when I do stuff like pointing out that Obama is a warmonger just like every other US politician.
It's okay to criticize Democrats
It is NOT okay to exclusively criticize Democrats and then claim you're not a Republican. That's called lying, and lying is bad.
It's not lying, our two party system means you focus on the one that is closer to you. Why would I waste my breath trying to tell Republicans that bigotry is wrong, when I can instead pressure Democrats to do more about bigotry?
Abuser ideology. "I only attack you because I want to make you better!"
You're fucked in the head if you think everyone that disagrees with you is an abuser. Democrats can do better, and putting that energy into the world is a good thing.
You're a partisan hack that cares more about winning points than helping people.
I don't think you understand the nature of my critique. Republicans suck ass, and it enrages me that democrats will only pretend to oppose wars when it's Republicans in power
To stop this citizen's united, the electoral college, FPtP, and winner takes all need to go. But getting your average American to talk about civics and constitutional law is like teaching a raccoon to type.
And never mind if it's an election year
Must not have a very good grasp of your opinions if you can't talk about the opposition without threats of violence. Or you're not playing in good faith and just trying to rile up people by pointing out the warmongering nature of the US instead of having a real point.
I talk about Democrats all the time without threats of violence, what are you talking about?
I love it when people accidentally tell on themselves.
Yes, I'm an anarchist, I'm opposed to democrats. You figured it out lmao
An anarchist who can only talk intelligently against Democrats and only speaks in 'threats of violence' to republicans, meaning you can't talk about them and only attack democrats and sees the Democrats as opposition and not republicans.
Seems legit.
Edit: just saw you're on .ml, so yeah, you're 'an anarchist' and hate democrats, no wonder you can't speak against republicans LOL.
Like what do you want me to say about republicans? they're pretty much always car brained, incapable of having a nuanced understanding of the world around them, misogynist, transphobic, jingoistic.
Many of these can also be said of some Democrats, but it's far more the rule for republicans.
I get annoyed at democrats for their failure, because they pretend to be better.
lol how old are you? I'm going to guess like 19? have you had any Democrat president besides Obama or Joe?
Why is it always about age with you guys? part of the reason I'm like this is because I've seen so many disappointing democrats in my life, starting with Clinton. If anything I was more of a liberal as a kid and grew out of it once I learned how the world worked.
What are you now?
So we have people that are complacent in their beliefs and are inundated with hate from their media feeds. People of the past arent equipped for the disinformation age; its not that surprising. What stands out to me is that the hateful narrative exists, and is so successful at dividing people.
So what do we do? Is there any particular gain by seething over a general population of people? They arent inherently bad... people at large reduce meaning and memeify things so the mental load is lighter. Its a problem on lemmy and its a problem for the majority of people living. They want to care about the right things but they are missing guidance. There used to be a more cohesive narrative that people trusted which is now gone now.
I cut ties with pretty much everyone in my life who was not willing to gender me correctly. That's not seething, it's me protecting myself from having to deal with their bullshit. I'm here in a lib online space as a leftist not because I "like" conservatives, but because I dislike when liberals act like conservatives.
It's really a grand irony to be getting accused of being a republican because I have left-wing critiques of democrats and express disappointment in them.
What does your answer have to do with tee9000's question?
Americans make it a past time to hate on other Americans, and don't think this is limited to Left vs. Right. I like meat. Not going to lie -- I can be convinced to eat more plants and less meat, but I'll fight you if you try to take my meat away. For that, I get called vile things by fanatic vegans who can't seem to accept that I have my own life and make my own choices, despite the fact that I agree with them on a variety of other things, including having a lighter touch on the planet, being responsible stewards of our resources, treating animals with respect and kindness, and of course things like civil rights. Watch this; I expect them to be along shortly to prove my point.
My father and I can't be further apart on politics. He's a Goldwater Republican, old-school hard-core conservative that doesn't like Trump the man, but loves Trump the politician. He runs his big truck on Earth Day just to spite the Environmentalists. Tee9000's question speaks to my dad's and my relationship. If I follow your pattern, I cut him out of my life and leave him high and dry. And trust me: there have been times when I wanted to do exactly that. But what would it accomplish? I'd be disowned by my dad, he'd die old and alone (mom died 5 years ago, I'm his only child), and we'd just hate each other. And I'd never have learned that he swapped out all his incandescent bulbs, which he swore the government would have to pry out of his cold, dead hands, for LED lighting, because...*gasp*...environmentalists listened to the criticisms of CFLs and replaced them with something that matched the quality of lighting from his favourite lights.
You can accomplish far more by listening and cooperating than you do by vilifying and hating on people. That's Tee9000's point.
Now, I'm not saying that you should put up with people misgendering you. Far from it. Stand up for your rights. But maybe instead of cutting people out of your life, you should make inclusion in your life contingent on respect. "You used masculine pronouns to refer to me despite knowing that I prefer feminine pronouns. Unless and until you respect me, I will not interact with you any more." works far better than "fuck you, good bye." It makes it clear on them that they have to respect you, and maybe, just maybe, you'll actually change a few minds. I think that's what Tee9000 is trying to say here.
Agreed its really annoying when people categorize you based on nearly zero info like the other dumbass who replied to this comment.
I dare say try not protect yourself. Ignore the memers (real life or lemmy users alike), and discuss openly with the non memers who are actually trying to understand the world. Not exactly my business but maybe you are over-politicizing and feeding division.
Don't account to dumb what could be deliberation.
Yeah, I'm actually diabolical getting paid by Putin, here to destroy you guys in mind combat online
Deliberate doesn't mean you're getting paid.
You could just get a kick out of being contrary to feel special.
You could be a troll to feel superior.
You could be a MAGA masquerading as an anarchist.
And yes, you could also just be dumb.
it rules that you guys have these elaborate backstories whenever someone has a different opinion from you lol
I'm just not interested in my representatives making sure endless american bombs are used to blow up childeren, that's my main issue.
"You guys"?
I'm one person.
So you slam Democrats but not trump that advocated for Netanyahu and that he should go into Gaza with even more force, because they aren't human?
Makes sense.
So you're staunchly advocating against putin whenever you can for these exact reasons, right?
I'd just like to point out that you accidentally admitted that Democrats are your opposition. And that is hilarious.
I also remember when he swam in the Gulf, after the BP disaster.