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Politics r dumb

Let me preface this by saying, I'm politically active within my local community, which is the most viable pathway to actually inciting change.

The OP makes you sound insufferable and somebody who I would sooner distance myself from seeing as they would make getting stuff done more difficult.

Doing something is better than doing nothing. Just because I cannot do everything doesn't mean I should do nothing.

Try not to be a hindrance to the causes you represent, even if doing so makes you feel good inside.

R1masher posted...

so if Im Jewish I shouldnt have catholic friends?

Are they voting to stop the Jewish from practicing? To end discrimination protections against them?

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Ding ding ding

averagejoel posted...

okay then. define "politics"

Every action a governing body takes, engaging in the process of electing said governing body, any intersection between what you do and the laws and regulations of the government. Not participating in politics is like not participating in food

blackrider76 posted...

And this is why you are never worth engaging.

Because you have zero empathy for the suffering of innocent people at the hands of evil politicians?

rexcrk posted...

3deep5me

Can you deny that people are suffering and dying on this planet?

hockeybub89 posted...

Are they voting to stop the Jewish from practicing? To end discrimination protections against them?

did the goal post move?

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Some people don't necessary have the willpower or mental health to fight political battles. As a gay dude, I see the highest amount of homophobic comment in June so I can understand how some people might feel exhausted without necessary being bigots.

Going online to make sure everyone hears your takes does just as much as the person ignoring politics. The only thing you're doing when you go online is saying "look at me. Look how smart and understanding I am". Especially in a dying gaming board. It's for our own self reassurance

If Im here talking about how progressive I am and a trump supporter isn't going to his rallies but instead going to help the community in objectively positive stuff, who is the person doing more for the world?

Maybe he says a few side ways things during his help, but people in need usually don't have the privilege to cut people out their lives over a few statements

I say that just to say, if you're not actually out there, you can't really talk like you're superior to people avoiding politics

Its because most people arent actually about it

they treat it like its TMZ and form cults around their political affiliation without taking any sort of real measurable action

also the fact that most people are morons with trash short sighted opinions. Whenever any new piece of news comes out the immediate response is some extremely far fetched take about how this can mean the end of humanity or civilization

You realize people who are actually the most poor and destitute doesnt have any time for politics right? Every ounce of their energy goes into just trying to survive and get food and shelter, not how to change the world. Political participation is more often engaged by the privileged than the destitute, ironically

"I try to avoid politics" generally means "I don't want to hear a four hour long rhetoric about how I'm wrong and you're right" for most people these days. No one changes their mind from discussion in the age of being able to cherry pick answers that fit their viewpoint on Google.

hockeybub89 posted...

Because you have zero empathy for the suffering of innocent people at the hands of evil politicians?

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Going online to make sure everyone hears your takes does just as much as the person ignoring politics. The only thing you're doing when you go online is saying "look at me. Look how smart and understanding I am". Especially in a dying gaming board. It's for our own self reassurance

If Im here talking about how progressive I am and a trump supporter isn't going to his rallies but instead going to help the community in objectively positive stuff, who is the person doing more for the world?

Maybe he says a few side ways things during his help, but people in need usually don't have the privilege to cut people out their lives over a few statements

I say that just to say, if you're not actually out there, you can't really talk like you're superior to people avoiding politics

You're cooking

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Going online to make sure everyone hears your takes does just as much as the person ignoring politics. The only thing you're doing when you go online is saying "look at me. Look how smart and understanding I am". Especially in a dying gaming board. It's for our own self reassurance

If Im here talking about how progressive I am and a trump supporter isn't going to his rallies but instead going to help the community in objectively positive stuff, who is the person doing more for the world?

Maybe he says a few side ways things during his help, but people in need usually don't have the privilege to cut people out their lives over a few statements

I say that just to say, if you're not actually out there, you can't really talk like you're superior to people avoiding politics

i notice you like to bring up people bragging about being smart a lot

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yeah, Zikten, DarkRoast, Rika

hockeybub89 posted...

Must be nice to be that privileged and blissfully unaware of the reality of the world around you that you can do such a thing.

Sometimes I think about my life and its pretty good.
I mean nothing really happens here.

everything bad is just stuff I see online or on the news.

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is that good or bad? i mean there is sticking to your guns and there is never stepping in the same river twice.

There's nothing incoherent about asking the difference between a person who has a worldview that doesn't change and someone who treats every interval of change as a different political situation.

You are gaslighting me.

I don't have the ability nor the patience to condense everything I've learned about politics over the past few years and the truth surrounding it all plus the entire real history of the United States. If people are genuinely interested, I will take the time to explain. If I care about you and you're spewing some garbage takes, I'm going to set you straight. But at this point, if someone at a bar says some chud thing to me I just nod my head and go "ha ha". There are some people that can't be helped and they are not worth the time to deal with. I just say I don't really care about politics or I'm an independent and I move on.

I don't often agree with VeggetaX, but I think he pegged TC

I'm starting to see that these kinda people don't care that they have this reputation. I see it everywhere, including here. I think it might be because they feel those actions or emotions are justified to what they're saying or doing so they don't care if it makes them look bad. A strong reaction even if it comes off insulting or mocking means strong conviction. Being an asshole shows strong conviction. Thoughts?

TC truly does have the moral high ground, but again, he's operating on such a narrow slice of reality. This would be so bad if he would reflect and understand that notions of morality are rarely simple or a dichotomy, where he goes really wrong is to call anyone that doesn't only see his narrow view as immoral or delusional. Shitting on people doesn't elevate you above others. Many people in this topic have beliefs that seem to be damn close to his, but he shits all over them. Seriously, man. Be cool.

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No. Because a lot of the times, in my personal experience, the problem is that theres different levels of being involved and different levels of opposition.

Example. Its easier to not give your viewpoint on gun control because if youre someone that believes in there needing to be an overhaul and a move towards more sensible gun laws, you get yelled at by the ban all guns crowd.

No matter what your stance is, theres people even on your side that think youre not doing enough.

So sometimes its easier to just not engage at all, rather than engage and get yelled at because youre 85% in agreement but not 100%.

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He has like 20 accounts

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For me, I just don't feel like arguing. Civility is in short supply these days, and I have far more important things to do with my time. Usually, anyway.

Also, it's a hyperbolic generalization typically. "No one" usually doesn't mean literally "no one," just that people don't have the inclination to do so.

It is, yes. Thank you for being considerate.

GeraldDarko posted...

I don't often agree with VeggetaX, but I think he pegged TC

I'm starting to see that these kinda people don't care that they have this reputation. I see it everywhere, including here. I think it might be because they feel those actions or emotions are justified to what they're saying or doing so they don't care if it makes them look bad. A strong reaction even if it comes off insulting or mocking means strong conviction. Being an asshole shows strong conviction. Thoughts?

TC truly does have the moral high ground, but again, he's operating on such a narrow slice of reality. This would be so bad if he would reflect and understand that notions of morality are rarely simple or a dichotomy, where he goes really wrong is to call anyone that doesn't only see his narrow view as immoral or delusional. Shitting on people doesn't elevate you above others. Many people in this topic have beliefs that seem to be damn close to his, but he shits all over them. Seriously, man. Be cool.

I didn't have TC in mind when I made that topic. Though there are some people here who fits the mold of my description, what started the topic was from other communities outside of GameFAQs.

VeggetaX posted...

I didn't have TC in mind when I made that topic. Though there are some people here who fits the mold of my description, what started the topic was from other communities outside of GameFAQs.

Yeah, didn't think you had him in mind. The post just came to mind.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

i notice you like to bring up people bragging about being smart a lot

Because thinking we know everything is what keeps us from understanding each other. So, whenever someone is holding someone else down to step on them to get on their pedestal, It feels like they believe they're smarter than those people and don't need to try to understand them anymore. I just like trying to push everyone onto the same plateau. Because nothing ever gets done when everyone is just arguing about how much better they are than the next person. We're all idiots with a very small fraction of understanding of the world. Some accept it and some don't.

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How do you not know he's posting from his phone while on break at work?

He did also say "Usually".

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Because thinking we know everything is what keeps us from understanding each other. So, whenever someone is holding someone else down to step on them to get on their pedestal, It feels like they believe they're smarter than those people and don't need to try to understand them anymore. I just like trying to push everyone onto the same plateau. Because nothing ever gets done when everyone is just arguing about how much better they are than the next person. We're all idiots with a very small fraction of understanding of the world. Some accept it and some don't.

this is what i fuckin hate though, I never know if a post on CE is about the actual thing or just a response to some other thing on the board. it gets confusing, and then you have people who want to have a stable worldview AND comment on every little thing on the board, so it gets a bit insane trying to make everything fall under one perspective when the board just doesn't want to be handled like that

MedeaLysistrata posted...

yeah, Zikten, DarkRoast, Rika

DarkRoast was just here on Monday making fun of the trans shooter and it was pretty fucked up

R1masher posted...

did the goal post move?

I said I could not be friends with someone whose political beliefs, which are many times informed by their religion, disagree with my own because it likely means, if they vote, that they are voting for people who want to hurt me and those I care about. Are Jewish and Catholic known to vote for diametrically opposed politicians who have a stated goal to take out one or the other?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

this is what i fuckin hate though, I never know if a post on CE is about the actual thing or just a response to some other thing on the board. it gets confusing, and then you have people who want to have a stable worldview AND comment on every little thing on the board, so it gets a bit insane trying to make everything fall under one perspective when the board just doesn't want to be handled like that

You gotta become ok with the confusion and just admit on the spot when your perception was different from those who don't understand you. I think I dealt with that by perceiving misunderstandings as funny. Instead of beating myself up when I misunderstand something or getting mad when someone misunderstands me, I just laugh about it and move on. Not that it means Im 100% protected from frustrations from misunderstandins, just that all the small ones burn up in the atmosphere before making it anywhere close to a concern.

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Broken foot yesterday so I have very little to do in general.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

You gotta become ok with the confusion and just admit on the spot when your perception was different from those who don't understand you. I think I dealt with that by perceiving misunderstandings as funny. Instead of beating myself up when I misunderstand something or getting mad when someone misunderstands me, I just laugh about it and move on. Not that it means Im 100% protected from frustrations from misunderstandins, just that all the small ones burn up in the atmosphere before making it anywhere close to a concern.

this is my hell. what if the Geralt topic is actually about healthcare!?

David1988 posted...

You realize people who are actually the most poor and destitute doesnt have any time for politics right? Every ounce of their energy goes into just trying to survive and get food and shelter, not how to change the world. Political participation is more often engaged by the privileged than the destitute, ironically

Well they should find the time since it's all the government's fault that society failed them. Only the true elite are actually immune to politics, because they are the ones using them to crush others.

Lost_All_Senses posted...
Because thinking we know everything is what keeps us from understanding each other. So, whenever someone is holding someone else down to step on them to get on their pedestal, It feels like they believe they're smarter than those people and don't need to try to understand them anymore. I just like trying to push everyone onto the same plateau. Because nothing ever gets done when everyone is just arguing about how much better they are than the next person. We're all idiots with a very small fraction of understanding of the world. Some accept it and some don't.

Word, man.
It just as important, if not more important, to be critical of your thoughts and feelings. We all have our cognitive biases, if we don't attack them, we fall further from truth. It doesn't matter how well intentioned we are. I believe knowing this is how we ALL are really allows a person to be bit more empathetic.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

this is my hell. what if the Geralt topic is actually about healthcare!?

I dunno what that means. I know people always come into topics Im being serious in and go "lol @ taking a *user here* topic serious". Which is whatever. Im just here to type out my thoughts and see if they seem as good typed out in fron of me as they do in my head. Then post them either way for reactions.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I point blank told him I don't wanna talk religion but he keeps insisting we met so he could show me the path to God.

That must be infuriating for real.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

this is my hell. what if the Geralt topic is actually about healthcare!?

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