#Political Discussion

[staticespace]

Some of y'all are too comfortable being needlessly rude to strangers online.

No, I'm not talking about Republicans.

[bunabyte]

My mom is a pretty extreme leftist, but I’m somehow so leftist that she’s skeptical of my views more often than not for just how radical they are. I guess I’ve had a bit too much internet or something.

[the-planet-mercury]

I never feel more redpilled than when people say "I watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, I don't care about football." Like if you're watching for the halftime show, fair. Football fields are for band practice, after all. But like hooolllly shit talk about consumerism/sucking up to corporate. Talk about cultural capture. I think that everyone is capable of being good and that acting superior for sociopolitical issues is bad on many levels, but in that moment I have seen the glory and you all are sheeple. Sorry

[potterzilla]

Top 10 saddest anime betrayals

[hawkswjnter]

my nephew is copying everything i say. i’m gonna make him call people sluts

[shyfrog-says]

I just debated with my stepdad about minimum wage work in the US.

I said, "Minimum wage should be a liveable wage."

He responded, "Why should someone fresh into a new job earn more money than I make?"

Immediately, SO many assumptions were made and SO many points were missed, but literally all I had to do was emphasize the fact that HE wasn't paid nearly enough and that he should be making way, WAY more money, and suddenly he was kinda on board. Or at least he didn't argue against it as passionately.

A few points to make:

1. He currently makes WAY more than the minimum wage AND the liveable wage, so his "point" was already nonsense.

2. He immediately made it clear that he doesn't actually care about what other people do or make, he only cares about himself, which is understandable on the surface, but it also makes anything else he says about other people's situations completely irrelevant because his stake in the matter is going to be entirely selfish no matter what.

3. He went on to say that people who work fast food "and stuff" have their place, but that they don't deserve a comfortable life until they work longer and harder at it. Literally said the words, "Why do they deserve a comfortable life?" And regardless of whether the question was rhetorical or not, I knew I wasn't going to be able to convince him.

I could have said so much about how he is exactly the kind of sadistic bastard that is making this country such a hellhole to live in, but I was raised to know how to manipulate people into calming down, so I just showered him with praise for how hard he works and we ended the conversation agreeing that billionaires and the government both suck ass and that people need to stop printing so much fucking money.

[asspenis22]

just copying and pasting this from my twitter but,

Transphobes are so deeply scared of trans people because they know as soon as we try to show them the real facts of being trans, their whole facade of extremism falls apart.

There’s also the issue of peer pressure within those spaces that genuinely wish harm on us, because as soon as you start to see what is right, you will get pushed down and ridiculed and suspected as “going down the wrong path”.

I was going thru a repost on a anti trans account on twitter, of trans women using tomato juice to simulate having their period, which is totally fine and was posted on a (most likely) trans(fem) centered forum. And I saw a guy who was like “can we focus on the real issue here guys? Puberty blockers”

He immediately was bombarded by people being like “but they’re sick in the head!” I think that he would be really easy to convince/change his mind on certain trans issues, but he’s so deeply intertwined with transphobe “culture”, that it would be next to impossible to pull him out of that space of hatred, which is why I think that the far right wing pipeline is so real. This guy was probably a normal dude, and yet he somehow ended up in such a negative space that he can’t even go back to his own true morals.

[awesome-therealjesus]

It's been very frustrating to come to terms with the fact that the left and the right are reflections of each other. The morals are as far apart as they can be, but both sides are dominated by people who lack the desire to think critically and examine their own beliefs. They use their own supposed superior morals (obviously i think "superior morals" on the right is total dogshit, but that's how they see it) to excuse themselves from mentally engaging with anything they don't immediately agree with, especially when that thing may challenge their beliefs. This is a recipe for stagnation and fails to affect anything except for your own self-superiority.

If you refuse to let yourself engage with something you don't agree with, how can you ever know you're right? You're only ever trying to understand the side of the story with which you already agree.

starting to hate how people use the word problematic. "don't support this person they're problematic" "dni if ur problematic" "they're literally problematic" what does problematic mean here? wtf is it supposed to convey? it's so goddamn vague and it doesn't tell me anything, it could literally mean either "has an opinion on pride flag discourse that i disagree with" or "actively grooming minors" and i wouldn't be able to tell which one was the intended meaning without asking for further information, which most of the time i'm probably not going to interact with these people more than once so i don't wanna go through the trouble of doing that, i hate it so much goddamnit.

[heswrongshesright]

Nona's Rage: Hurricanes, Celebrities, and the Illusion of a Bullet Train - HWSR Ep 94

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[sspacegodd]

This fall, wipe the slate clean and go back to your family for Thanksgiving! Stay out of frustrating political arguments but still win them all!

Inclusively transcend duality! See the big picture!

Finally! Respect and accept others, discuss gender, and let people pursue their own happiness without unnecessary knife fights!

This year at dinner, with a sly impish smile quivering at the corner of your mouth, you can break bread together and laugh and joke -- while underneath it all, hidden beneath your fingers, you are secretly using your new Unicorn corn holders!!

Glow in the euphoria of exercizing your freedom, drunk in the knowledge that you are subtly owning the MAGApotomians for a change!

Every dog will have its day, and this year, that day will be Thanksgiving!

[phoenix-joy]

if i were to pick only three to add to my read list, i think i'd choose:

Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Annabel Sowemimo (Wellcome Collection/Profile)

Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman (Pluto)

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health by Micha Frazer-Carroll (Pluto)

click thru to read the long list!

as a side note: due to pain/fatigue, etc., i don't get out much at all. so, i've only been in Lighthouse a couple of times over the years. but! the vibe was absolutely the best, and the online events i've attended have been enlightening.

i hope that you all have an equally awesome activist bookshop either where you live or at least within enough of a distance that it's accessible even a handful of times a year.

Extract:

The judges for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing are delighted to announce the 2024 longlist!

The Bread and Roses Award, presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers with admin support from Lighthouse books, celebrates radical, accessible, politically-left non-fiction which offers new perspectives and insight. Over 60 books were sent by publishers for consideration, from publishing houses big and small across the industry including Verso, Saqi, Profile, Repeater, and Hajar Press.

The books chosen this year cover a wide array of topics which are critical to the present political discussion in the UK. Among them are social inequality, Britain’s place in global political conflicts, health politics, the mental health impact of climate change, marginalised histories of identity, feminism for all, and the experience of forced displacement and refuge. [...]

The shortlist for the Bread and Roses Award will be announced on 17 June 2024.

/end of extract

[theeborealowl]

"...than you possibly can be" Lets both refrain from making assumptions about the other. It isn't a competition for who is the most liberal/conservative/whatever.

"...darling" simply disrespectful for anyone to use in a debate and I'm sure you know that "darling".

You're antifa but seem to support authoritarian ideas. You think that there is any option other than "mob rule" the majority over the minority is democracy. That's literally what voting and making opinions heard on all topics means - it's the literal democratic process.

You think a majority supported set of agreed on human rights ISNT "mob mentality"?

"....Majority over minority. Like the kind your people represent" I'm sorry are you Pro-Genocide?

Your points are convoluted and I have no idea what point you're even attempting to make... No hate, just the lack of clear points or cohesive stance is counter productive to the discussion. You contradict yourself all over the place.

If the issue as you say is that people simply don't care to cure their ignorance then I was right and we (humanity) need to make the choice to actively care about eachother and fight against fascism.

We can both hold different ideas about how the govt should work. In fact - democracy only functions if we respect each other's right to hold differing ideas and priorities.

We are living a fascist government. There is not nuance on that. It's in plain sight, is concrete and direct in the very first weeks of it.

This is being played today, on train stations near and inside Buenos Aires. A message from the Ministry of Security, that it feels that is taken out of the most insidious dystopia-like sci-fi novel ever written.

In a quick translation: "The Ministry of Security informs: if you are going to exercise your right to protest, take into account that you can only do it in authorized places. Remember that blocking a street, avenue or road is a crime punishable by law. If you are extorted to attend a demonstration, remember that you can report it anonymously by calling 134. The Ministry of Human Capital informs that if you are a beneficiary of a social plan, no one can force you to block roads. If you comply with the law, you will keep your benefit. If you do not comply with the law and block the roads, you will not be paid. If you are forced to participate, you can anonymously denounce to the 134."

While this was on the stations, police were entering buses on the entrances for the capital, random buses, checking for people who could have some flag, bombo or any distinct feature that could show that was going to go to today's protest rally.

We are living a fascist government. There is no nuance, is concrete, is not even a month and they are showing the true face. A face that was there, for anyone that could see it. Is heartbreaking that so many didn't see it, and so many are actual fascists that wanted it.

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[hawkswjnter]

kaz brekker is a fucking capricorn.

[sonovakei31]

@rhythmic-idealist By saying "bigot by nature" I meant more like he's not an evil person itself, he's not looking to cause harm on purpose (I'm not excusing his behaviour, I'm just looking at it from a critical stand point) but the fact that he refuses to acknowledge he might be wrong about some of the things he's said is bigot and his denial is causing harm. Still, we're talking about a very influential individual so now I agree he should receive a certain penalty from acting this way. I'm just dissapointed he let fame get to his head and his desperate attempt to remain relevant is just sad.

Thank you for your input. These latest additions to this post have changed my perception and I'll keep trying to check for more information.

HE'S BEING SENT TO POSTING SCHOOL

[diary-of-a-recovering-party-girl]

This will always be something between me and my friends [13.10.2023]

The next day started with me sleeping in (of course) and finally starting to unpack my bag. I'm still pissed that S canceled for the weekend, especially so short noticed but in the morning, I was glad to have some hours between meetings to myself and for my room. When I arrived on Wednesday, I promised myself and my room to never let it go like that again. It's my space for recovery and recharging, after all.

Ever since I saw the news about the Hamad incident on my mom's phone in holiday, I had a feeling. One of my first thoughts was my wonder how my friends here feel about it and the uneasy sensation that they probably have a very different option than me. I made a lot of efforts to befriend "unpolitical" people ever since I got over my political phase at age 16. Of course, no person is ever truly unpolitical but I made a point to avoid overly politically active or opinionated people. For the most part, my friends obviously come out of the same political corner as me, but there are also some times people comment on something with a different opinion. My strategy to keep the political part of any conversation as small as possible was to just say nothing. But with the Hamas happening and the following demonstrations also in Berlin, I had an icky feeling about it.

In the evening, I met with Y for the festival of lights. Soon enough, she made a comment on a flag hanging from a building. I just turned away and said "We will not talk about this." and that was the end of the story. I don't even know how much she got what I meant because she was also kind of high in that moment.

The rest of the evening kind of felt tainted by that small interaction. It made me realize that this thing, this political disagreement will be something that will always between me and my friends. As "unpolitical" as they may be, our different upbringings has us have different opinions on some issues like this.

I had the clear intuition that my strategy of "ignore it and say nothing" would not work for an event as big and impactful as this. Damn the Hamas for everything they did and also driving me away from my friends. I love them just as much, of course, especially cuz this disagreement is 100% the reason of us growing up in different contexts but I feel like there is something between us now. I started imagining situations when more people would talk about it or the discussion would continue longer and mentally practiced turning around and walking away as neutrally as possible. I still worry about it.

Later, we met with other friends of Y and chatted by the river. But I can't forget this disagreement, it feels like a real danger to our friendship. It makes me question the whole relationship, the whole basis of us hanging out. It felt like suddenly I noticed so many differences between me and Y that never bothered me or that I didn't even notice before.

On the way to the birthday party of a fellow student of me, we got drunk (or I was drunk at least, now for the 7th or so time, really starting to like it) and I was able to forget about it a bit. Also because we talked about gossip about other friends instead which was dramatic enough to make me forget random political differences.

At the party, I was act happy to see my other fellow students again. We may not be the best friends but they are part of my university experience, a bit of home for me. As usual, I was talking most of the time and felt like I'm the entertainer for half the party, but it's not like I don't enjoy it, lol.

The party was slow and calm and we went home around half past two. It made me actually look forward to the beginning of university next week. I'm looking forward to learning again, being a student again, spending time in my office and the library again, feeling like I'm feeding my brain again.

Also, J from my old job texted me again about some related event. I don't know if she forgot I don't work there anymore or if she really thinks I wanna attend random events like these by myself. Whatever, I didn't answer her yet and I'm for sure not going.