100%. I was at a cookout a few weeks ago and was in a conversation with a guy who id just met who’s mom had run for local office and lost because she was vocally in support of trans rights. he was a very well meaning (but naive) lib but it was a good talk.
Next thing I know, a very conservative mutual friend of both of ours basically told this other guy I was a Marxist but also followed it up with how well read I was and I was really taken aback because our conversations in the past have been so far apart but it was meaningful that he at least knew i was approaching things in good faith.
Anyway I was drunk but I told the lib guy i had just met to read Marx and Lenin and he seemed open to it.
Sorry if it was hard to follow but I’ve gotten so much farther being well read and mostly nice than I have being a dick
100%. I was at a cookout a few weeks ago and was in a conversation with a guy who id just met who’s mom had run for local office and lost because she was vocally in support of trans rights. he was a very well meaning (but naive) lib but it was a good talk.
Next thing I know, a very conservative mutual friend of both of ours basically told this other guy I was a Marxist but also followed it up with how well read I was and I was really taken aback because our conversations in the past have been so far apart but it was meaningful that he at least knew i was approaching things in good faith.
Anyway I was drunk but I told the lib guy i had just met to read Marx and Lenin and he seemed open to it.
Sorry if it was hard to follow but I’ve gotten so much farther being well read and mostly nice than I have being a dick
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