• Tomorrow_Farewell [any, they/them]
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    3 months ago

    Repeat after me: Political Opponents Are Not Enemies

    Believe it or not, but people who think that the rest of the world should roll over for NATO with no resistance, and who think that committing genocides, such as the one carried out by NATO in Palestine, are my enemies.

    What unites us is greater than what divides us

    Lol. And what is it that 'unites' 'us'?

    You think the country should be run this way, I think it should be run that way

    'You think the country should be run without private prisons, endless colonialism and warfare, forcing people to live and die on the streets, barring people from accessing necessities such as healthcare and education, I think that we should have private prisons with prison quotas, endless colonialism and warfare, we should force people to live on the streets and torture them, we should prevent those dirty poors from accessing healthcare, education and other necessities. There is totally more that unites us than divides us'.

    Views can change if presented with a compelling and respectful argument. But if you tell me I'm stupid for supporting a particular policy, that isn't going to change me

    If you experience no pushback to your views, you will be too confident in your assumptions and wilfully ignorant to consider that you might be wrong, even when presented with facts.

    Here in the UK we just had elections. My wife voted one way, I voted another. It hasn't made the slightest difference to our marriage.

    There are basically no differences between the major parties in the UK, so that's not surprising.