I Hate Politics

Minneapolis mn while I agree politics has gotten more agressive in the USA in genral in the past 10 or 20 years I think that there’s at least 1 more country more aggressive in these regards then usa @DecafD

@1231231231a which country?

uk @DecafD

@DecafD this really doesn't make much sense at all.

What does friending and befriending have to do with politics.

If you are on the side of the game where people are oppressing other for the color of their skin

And I am.on the side of fighting for those people to have the rights theybare afforded in the consituion...

There is a CLEAR RIGHT AND WRONG here. It isn't rocket science. No one can sit here and claim that...

"Well, Adolf Hilter should have been able to express his opinions and do as he pleased because we dont need division"

This is some next level cognitive dissonance. Sorry if this seems harsh. What I hate is the utter lack of common sense, critical thinking and logical thinking skills in people who should all have bee educated about these very things long ago.

@JaggedLittlePill This is exactly what I meant on my reply to your other post. When you come at people with this sort of aggressiveness, you are counterproductive to your own cause. If you were seeking to educate or persuade, you are more likely to fail with this approach as more people would keep their guards up to defend their ideals, whether you are right or wrong. But if you come to a discussion in a less hostile manner, people are more likely to listen and be persuaded.

In other words, befriending does have a place in politics. It is a tool for persuasion as being openly divided from others make others not be as easily persuaded by you.

This is also what I meant by my main post. You speak about togetherness, but started speaking rather aggressively towards others. There cannot be togetherness in a non-civilized argument. This is what I dislike about politics. We begin to think less about how others feel or take in our information.

@JaggedLittlePill Totally agree with you. When Donald Trump won, there were people who voted for him and didn’t expect my impressions of them to change. It was almost like they said, “Yeah, we had to go with the KKK/Neo-Nazi’s candidate this time, but hey, no hard feelings, right ?” And now you have the president of the United States himself thanking someone for saying “The only good Democrat is a dead one”. How is unity even possible after that ? 😳

what are keeping on ranting about looking @LookingForSomethingNew

@bijouxbroussard Exactly. I can't overlook that type of thing.

Last weekend I lost all respect for my brother in law. I can't look at him the same anymore. He told me Obama is not a black man.

His claim was that he was raised by a white woman..therefore revoking his ability to be...black.


I had my husbands whole family there. I told him that it was wrong of him to say and that Obama is a black man. That was all I could think to say without losing my mind and creating a scene. I am not sure how to deal with this in family situations now.

@JaggedLittlePill Obama’s certainly considered a black man by Donald Trump, and by all the hate groups here. He’d been treated like other black men in his day to day life before politics, especially in Chicago—he’s spoken about it. Is your brother in law at least biracial ?
One person who made me furious on EP (a white guy) declared Obama hadn’t “lived an authentic black life”. I guess this poster decided he had the right to define what that is—and isn’t. I wasn’t very polite, alas. 😡

@bijouxbroussard I did mention the fact that those who hate black people consider him black. He did digress on that point.

Also if we were living in 1864 he would be enslaved as a black man too.

@JaggedLittlePill Exactly.

@JaggedLittlePill it would be cognitive dissonance if your assumptions were correct in using the Hitler example....bad example and I don’t agree with this bc we are now crossing the criminal line. Let’s also not magnify this any more than what was stated. My reference to friend doesn’t mean everyone with a political belief can do whatever they want- there are boundaries. At a high level- I don’t think it’s right to discount someone based on their political beliefs....this also goes with their race, religion, gender, sexuality and physical attributes (You know...the main ones covered under harassment). That’s what I mean. And who said I sided with a racist...again bad assumption/example. I’m talking about basic decency and respect offered to other people that are allowed to have their own political opinion. We’re not saying that the country must be all rainbows and unicorns with unification of all political beliefs and everything is always peaceful. We’re saying there’s a better way to go about this than aggression and constantly attacking your neighbor for their political beliefs bc your personal opinion differs. That we work so hard to hate one another just for this one thing when there are others out there that want us dead just for our nationality alone- they don’t care which side of the political fence we fall on. What if you’re not one of the ppl in the example below that mouths off and says crazy crap, but just happened to tell you that they are a “x” and thus far have been pretty peaceful and allowed you the floor to air your opinions without judgement? Does this person deserve the right or wrong speech too? What’s next...do we tell this person their religion is wrong? Where do we draw the line when it comes to respecting your neighbor for their political beliefs if they have not personally attempted to oppress or offend you?