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Just a reminder for why I don't bother arguing politics or religion online



It takes up a surprisingly large amount of time and I got other stuff I need to do

#NotWorthIt
Elessar26-30, M
Nah, not really. If this was true political parties of pretty much every country on this world wouldn't spend actual money in bots, trollfarms, media outlets and so forth.

Political and religious discussions happening on social media now, or on TV and radio channels before, do definitely shape the political/religious landscape of a country.
FishyF
@Elessar Yeah, but this is the internet and I'm getting older and life is too short 馃槾
Elessar26-30, M
@Fishy I can understand that, but also be aware that apathy is something that anyone who's interested in preserving the current status quo or even worse regressing to a previous status quo (i.e. authoritarianism) wants to push in the general population.

That's how you win an election when your ideas can barely get you a 20-30% of votes. Your country does better than mine to contrast this, e.g. making voting mandatory for every enfranchised citizen as far as I know, but even that is far from bulletproof.
deadteddy26-30, F
It鈥檚 useless , so I don鈥檛 , it鈥檚 like trying to convert someone to Jeovah鈥檚 Witnesses
Elessar26-30, M
@deadteddy But the very existence of Jehovah's witnesseses proves it works!
FishyF
@Elessar Maybe it's their approach? 馃
Elessar26-30, M
@Fishy All i know is that if when they ask "do you have a minute to talk about Jesus?" you answer "in this household we venerate only Jupiter" they tend to leave
NanoriF
I'm glad the one who argued with me did it, he also did it politely, and patiently without attacking me, gave me time to reflect and never rushed me or poked me for my delayed responses.
FishyF
@Nanori Aye, that's rare
NanoriF
@Fishy yeah he wanted me to think and get to the conclusion on my own terms and pace. Unlike all these people (atheists or theists alike) who just wanna prove their righteousness and superiority.
FishyF
@Nanori Dood sounds like a chad
deadgerbil22-25
Yeah it's like no one ever changes their mind lol part of it is definitely ego bc no one wants to be seen as admitting they were wrong
deadgerbil22-25
@Fishy are you getting political??
FishyF
@deadgerbil Lol, nah

Just an observation
deadgerbil22-25
@Fishy [media=https://tiktok.com/7210065948991081774]
Roundandroundwego61-69
One study seems to show that if you are a leftist, you can't use the Internet to influence anyone's politics. In fact, just seeing a liberal or leftist post makes the conservatives more violent and more conservative. The Internet is only good for the right.
SW-User
Some say there are atheist vs. theist threads on this site from several years ago still going on... 馃
GlitterEater36-40, F
When people say shit like this they are really just telling on themselves.
FishyF
@GlitterEater 馃啑
pdockal56-60, M
But it's fun !!!!!
FishyF
@pdockal Yeah, sometimes it is... ngl 馃対
pdockal56-60, M
@Fishy

Ngl ?
FishyF
@pdockal It means "not gonna lie"

I'm basically saying that on rare occasions it might be a guilty pleasure of mine,
but not usually 馃槄
me debating...

Elessar26-30, M
https://similarworlds.com/food-drink/pizza/4785517-Can-we-has-a-pineapple-on-pizza-pride-month-Pls
You're absolutely entitled to stay out of the political arguments if you like. However, I would submit that second picture isn't 100% accurate. I've seen people change their minds. It's rare, but it happens. Mostly and the people who haven't decided which side to take yet.
FishyF
@LordShadowfire I've noticed it doesn't seem to happen that much in arguments tho,
At least not the heated arguments.
From what I can see, that's when people dig their heels in more
empanadas31-35, M
I criticized Biden on my post. A simple harmless joke [fishy you seen the photo already]
empanadas31-35, M
@deadgerbil besides being gay, I'm basically everything a KKK member hates. A mixed race commie Hispanic
deadgerbil22-25
@empanadas they hate the Jews and the Irish too, add those to your genetic makeup
empanadas31-35, M
@deadgerbil I'm part sephardic 鈽狅笍 I forgot about that. All I'm missing is being a potato lover and my presence alone would cause a KKK member to burst a blood vessel.

 
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