Nobody can keep themselves out of politics. It just doesn't work that way, because politics works its way into your life wherever you go. You can choose not talk about it, which is typically an endorsement of the status quo, and that in itself is a clear political message that you're sending to people around you.
Leopards Ate My Face
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I think "Everyone is entitled to their opinion" is not the rock solid axiom people think it is. Sure, you can like vanilla or chocolate ice cream. That's opinion, and not really harming anyone.
"I don't think the queers should be allowed to live" is technically an opinion, but it's a vile one, and when you act on it you're hurting people. Refusing vaccination is similar- it leads to people needlessly dying. Don't sweep these into the same category as ice cream flavors.
"You just don't like me because I have a different opinion than you."
Said all the Nazis.
"I made an incredibly stupid political mistake that people warned me repeatedly not to make and it backfired and hurt me personally so now I'm going to pretend I've never been into politics to try to save face."
Fucking loser. I hope they suffer.
"This is not political"
These people understand nothing
"This is not political"
(Not a response to you lol)
My friend in Talos, everything is political. Saying "X is not political" says that you're privileged enough to not see how X is political.
I feel like people who say things "aren't political" need to go back to like an 11th grade Literature course. These people probably would read Dracula and be like "it's just a story about a guy that bites people THAT'S ALL". Or say animal farm is just about some talking animals.
Really, the failure of public education is having large impacts everywhere. People seem to be bad at analysis. Like when a story has a married straight couple and that's not "political" to this sort of person, but a married queer couple is super "political".
Rather than say that this is a failure of public education, I think it might be more instructed to think of it as the conservative movement succeeding. In many communities, it's considered rude to bring up things that will upset people, and that typically includes political topics. You can't point out that the police chief is running a scam, for example, because that would embarrass the mayor who hired the police chief, and that would make you rude for embarrassing them... That kind of thought, the blind pro establishment view, is a strong part of culture in many areas of the country.
(And I'm using the word conservative here to refer to the people currently in power keeping power, not specifically to refer to the Republican party.)
Conservatives pull that out whenever they are about to go against Trump. They think their opinion will have more weight with other conservatives if they sound less political.
I'm thinking that maybe it's because, having spent years with a "if you're not with us then you must be with them" bubble, really believing it and actively using that "argument" against others, they suddenly find themselves is disagreement with the old us yet not because they agree with them.
That being so, their "I'm not political" is their way of coping with it.
Of course, as many are pointing out, everything is political, but given that these people for years believed a hyper-tribalist and ultra-simplified "it's either us or them" view of everything the idea that everything is politics might be a bit too far ahead for them who have just discovered the hard way that one can have beliefs about how things should be which are neither us nor them.
This makes a lot of sense actually. The tribalism, the Us-vs-Them mentality, the first past the post 2 party system that enables that.
they suddenly find themselves in disagreement with the old us yet not because they agree with them.
A situation like that simply bursts the whole concept.
That said, this person still doesn't understand that more social politics do not mean "socialism", just that they might have kept their job and/or no need to be scared about their economic future.
Really? I tend to see this most often when someone says dumb shit they know is indefensible so they can justify not replying
If they were capable of learning anything, I suspect the first four years of this fuckstick as president would have taught them…
"Please, don't point out that my actions have consequences for myself. I was fully aware that my vote was gonna royally fuck over my fellow citizens, and that's why i voted the way i did. See? I'M THE VICTIM HERE!"
PLEASE be Nice to this Women! She thought only TRANS KIDS would be Harmed and NOT White people! She was TAKEN ADVANTAGE of!
Yeah, but, but, uh... Joe Bidumb!
Votes for Hitler. Everyone is entitled to vote it is what it is. Noone is entitled to criticise anyone for voting for Hitler, I am completely innocent no matter what Hitler does. You have to still sympathise with me because the Hitler I knew about and still voted for hurt me. /s
She absolutely said some shit to the "rabbit hole" friend before dismissing her (almost certainly valid) criticism with that "I don't talk politics" shit.
What's so great is that they don't get to blame Biden or Democrats in any way for this. There is no wiggle room here, and they have to contend with that and confront their cognitive dissonance.
Option 1: Trumpsk unfairly fired you in spite of you being a good and efficient worker. Dear Leader(s) is/are at fault and fallible.
Option 2: Trumpsk fairly fired you because you are a poor and inefficient worker. You are at fault and deserve what came to you.
That's part of the problem, many who have fallen into this pattern have been groomed to think Option 2 from the time they were born. This is unironically what they earnestly believe. But I'm pretty sure the insidious marriage of religion, wealth, and politics was the plan ever since the L they took during Watergate.
Gargle balls, magat, the leopard eating your face and that of your like-minded-drones is certainly enjoying the buffet.
I'll never understand the logic of these people. Works for the government but supports the political party that wants a small government. Loses their job and is suddenly perplexed why.
Like someone who keeps stabbing their eye with a fork wonders why they've gone blind.
I'll never understand the ~~logic~~ hatred
You're trying to project a reasonable thought process onto people driven by cruelty. You don't understand it because it doesn't exist: change your lens and suddenly it'll start making sense.
by a first glance just discovering this, looks like narcissism.
They will do everything - like deleting the obvious - before allowing being on par with the people they initially disagreed with
Yeah, it's one thing to say "I fucked up, I was wrong." But to just full on delete everything while claiming to never get into politics is just insane.
"Did I say that? I don't believe I said that."
Thank you for the update.
This person is certainly entitled to their opinion, but not repercussions from their opinion. This is a classic mistake from "Free speech absolutists". You're welcome to say whatever you want, as long as you're prepared to deal with the consequences.
These are sadly, the kind of people who will never learn because they lack the capacity for self-reflection, and more importantly, self-change. Knowing you need to change isn't half as hard as actually putting in the effort to change.
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Get fucked, magat.
Well, the important thing is that she's suffered. It would be nice if she was self-aware enough to understand why, but we have to take what we can get.
I hate this person with every fiber of my being
The leopards are going to get multiple meals off this one!
I'm seriously so bummed she removed her old MAGA posts. The leopards would've died from gorging themselves.
I'm actually worried about the leopard population and how much food there is right now. Unless the leopards start having a lot of leopard babies they might gorge themselves to death either way.
Leopards will inherit the Earth.
Well that's a shame. Anyway . . .
Sorry all, was really hoping to make a c/letsnotmakethispolitical community featuring her previous posts and then the final post of her losing her job and denouncing politics, reminiscent of the old Herman Cain Award.
But since she has scrubbed her Facebook page, there's no material left. Unless anyone knows of a way to recover deleted posts from someone else.
if the profile is public, archive.org might have them
She wasn't public. I tried looking for her yesterday when my brother first pointed her out. He can see her stuff since they're friends, but I couldn't see anything.
To that I say: Suckle my entire asshole, Trumpie.
She doesn’t wish to be “apart,” so that means she wants to be all in with it, right? Right?!? Give her what she’s asked for…it’s only fair.
do not wish to be apart of it.
'Apart from' would have been a better way to say that, but 'apart of' is still a fine way to say he wants to be near or in 'it'.
Okay; if that's his wish...
She does not wish to be apart of it? So... Keep going?