While this is an understandable sentiment, expressing this today means different things than 10 years ago.
Should we “remain friends” with those that support an administration that deports people to foreign countries without trial? Is it “just politics” when people are ok with a president that is attacking free speech and freedom of the press? With a president deploying the military to cities with Democrat mayors? I don’t think so. We’re talking about freedom and the future of our country. If you support such corruption and destruction of our democracy, we can’t be friends.
most people don’t care about any of that. they are more focused on the local sports team, their schedule at work, their kids sports games and a million other things.
i mean you can grandstand all you want about it… but it won’t ever change those people’s minds. they have other shit to worry about that federal politics, which is largely background noise to them.
your error is thinking other people think about politics like you do. they don’t. they don’t think about it at all.
The majority of Germans in the late 1930’s weren’t members of the Nazi party either. The majority of Germans in fact claimed being either unaware or opposed to what the Nazi regime did. Did the tell the truth? I’m inclined to believe so. Does being unaware/laying low absolve them of any and all crimes committed by the Nazi government? That’s more of an open question.
Actively voting for a government that commits crimes because you don’t care sufficiently about politics does not absolve you of responsibility for those crimes. Once you actively enable a fascist government you are complicit in the crimes it commits.
the majority of germans are not responsible for the holocaust. the nazis are.
this take is so absurd. according to this type of logic i’m personally responsible for slavery or something. I’m not. that was 200 years before I existed. the holocost was 50 years before existed.
Way to put words in my mouth, I didn’t say any of that. My point was that there are people who can’t ignore politics because they’re being targeted by this administration. For some reason you’ve decided to focus on the people with the privilege to ignore all the atrocities committed day in and day out. Seems like some messed up priorities to me.
So why should your group not be targeted? Why should it be some other group that gets attacked and scapegoated for the ills of society? Because no matter your ideology, you are blaming someone, and they very much do not want to be blamed or attacked.
Just replace “your group” with the Jews during the Holocaust and you can hopefully hear what a stupid argument you’re making. Let’s all stop blaming and attacking the fascists haha
How to disagree with people politically but remain friends
While this is an understandable sentiment, expressing this today means different things than 10 years ago.
Should we “remain friends” with those that support an administration that deports people to foreign countries without trial? Is it “just politics” when people are ok with a president that is attacking free speech and freedom of the press? With a president deploying the military to cities with Democrat mayors? I don’t think so. We’re talking about freedom and the future of our country. If you support such corruption and destruction of our democracy, we can’t be friends.
most people don’t care about any of that. they are more focused on the local sports team, their schedule at work, their kids sports games and a million other things.
i mean you can grandstand all you want about it… but it won’t ever change those people’s minds. they have other shit to worry about that federal politics, which is largely background noise to them.
your error is thinking other people think about politics like you do. they don’t. they don’t think about it at all.
The majority of Germans in the late 1930’s weren’t members of the Nazi party either. The majority of Germans in fact claimed being either unaware or opposed to what the Nazi regime did. Did the tell the truth? I’m inclined to believe so. Does being unaware/laying low absolve them of any and all crimes committed by the Nazi government? That’s more of an open question.
Actively voting for a government that commits crimes because you don’t care sufficiently about politics does not absolve you of responsibility for those crimes. Once you actively enable a fascist government you are complicit in the crimes it commits.
the majority of germans are not responsible for the holocaust. the nazis are.
this take is so absurd. according to this type of logic i’m personally responsible for slavery or something. I’m not. that was 200 years before I existed. the holocost was 50 years before existed.
Apparently showing the tiniest speck of empathy is grandstanding now.
and thinking anyone who doesn’t agree with you political lacks empathy is the height if ignorance and arrogance.
the question is who the empathy is for. you direct yours to certain groups and not others.
Way to put words in my mouth, I didn’t say any of that. My point was that there are people who can’t ignore politics because they’re being targeted by this administration. For some reason you’ve decided to focus on the people with the privilege to ignore all the atrocities committed day in and day out. Seems like some messed up priorities to me.
So why should your group not be targeted? Why should it be some other group that gets attacked and scapegoated for the ills of society? Because no matter your ideology, you are blaming someone, and they very much do not want to be blamed or attacked.
Just replace “your group” with the Jews during the Holocaust and you can hopefully hear what a stupid argument you’re making. Let’s all stop blaming and attacking the fascists haha