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Do you ever call-out your own side?

I know that the idea of having a 'side' is sometimes nebulous but we all have people here who we agree with on political issues in many ways though not completely. We all have identity and confirmation bias and its hard sometimes to be objective. Well, it's impossible to be truly objective but I think its good to try.

On here I have not really noticed right-wing people do that. I saw a post yesterday which called the terrorist act in Christchurch an act of self-defence. It got a heart and no push-back from anyone. I also remember a post telling a black man to stay on the plantation and it got four hearts and again no Conservative pushback. I haven't seen any far-gone things from the left which passes without being challenged but maybe that is my own confirmation bias and perhaps there are examples.

We live in partisan times and the temptation is to be tribal but I think we lose a lot if we can't call out people whom we ideologically agree with for overstepping the mark. It's good to think for yourselves too, or you might end up in a political movement which supports violence against Muslims or open racism. I don't think most Conservatives do agree with these things but I think people should say so.
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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F
It's been a while since I've done that, and I've been avoiding politics for the most part for a while on here, but I did once, just before the election. Someone was being really obnoxious, engaging in name-calling, and making our side look bad. I said something, and she accused me of being on the other side. And then she kept on with her rant, so I just bowed out because I knew that things would just escalate further if I kept trying to talk to her.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@TeresaRudolph71 I got called a Trumpster once for calling our a fake news article. The article was ridiculous but it was anti-Trump and got a load of hearts.

I'm not a Trumpster, LOL.
TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F
@Burnley123 Ha yes, it's interesting how some people will think that you're on the other side if you question something that they're saying.