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.
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.
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.
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.