Message me if you would like to know my actual opinions on stuff and have an actual conversation.

I have a lot of thoughts about various things going on in the world right now. But too many things have become impossible to talk about in public with any nuance. One opinion about part of a larger issue will instantly pigeon-hole you as right or left wing, pro this whole set of causes or anti that one. Some things I would like to say would probably hurt people I care about and whose side I am actually on -- not just hurt them emotionally, but give ammunition to their enemies. All this gives me greater appreciation for all the trivial nonsense that gets posted on here -- what else can you do when any serious post will blow up in everyone's face?

Anyhow, like I said, if you would actually like to talk about anything that's going on in the world in a real conversation kind of way, message me. I'm not going to try to do it here!

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JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

Yes I agree. There are a set if issues or topics that either you're for or against that are grouped together. Like all conservatives believe in gun ownership. Not necessarily. I don't have a philosophy that I try it to apply to every issue, I form an opinion on every issue based on my ideas of pragmatism and common sense and whatever that rolls up to, I don't care. I hate being labelled and I think we would have much more interesting conversations if we didn't decide to choose "teams".

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

@JimboSaturn Ahhh, yes... The incessant need of most people to group us into little boxes with neat little signs like "conservatives" or "liberals" 🙄

ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

@JimboSaturn You are so right, and your example is a good one. I have a family member who is definitively on the liberal side of the liberal/conservative dichotomy if you had to pigeonhole her, but she has joined a shooting club and feels strongly that our approach to gun ownership here in Canada is too restrictive. It really doesn't work to classify people yet there's so often a rush to do so.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

Well, as an expert on posting subjects that explode with backlash from all sides of the political spectrum, I commend your desire to respectfully discuss issues of the day.

You already know I love the (respectful) art of debate (not what our current politicians use in place of actual debate). And I'm happy to discuss anything publicly or privately. 😁

cherryxblossom

I feel you. These days it’s as if people can’t understand there is a whole spectrum of beliefs and feelings. My age group seems to be 50/50 between the ‘old school’ ability to comprehend human nature, or the newer wave of black and white senselessness. I feel so bad for the younger generation. Seems like everything has to be a fight. I don’t know how they manage to have friends if everyone has to think just like them to fit inside their box.

ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

@cherryxblossom Fortunately I can attest that that's an exaggeration about the current "younger generation" (I work with a lot of them). But I know what you mean!

cherryxblossom

@ServantOfTheGoddess Yes, sorry, I wasn’t implying they’re all like that. I’m grateful they aren’t! Just seems like more and more people keep losing common sense. There’s still hope though!

bijouxbroussard · F

I understand this. There are aspects of current issues that I don’t fully grasp, possibly because I’m from an earlier generation (though I don’t like to use that as an excuse, I’m [b]not[/b] senile). But when I explain my understanding and perspective I’m acutely aware I may be giving the impression I don’t accept the people involved, which isn’t necessarily the case.

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ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard I think in general I like being on the older side of the age spectrum and somewhat on the outside of many current trends. Like in the insider/outside dichotomy that faces anthropologists and such, I do not have the understanding from the inside that a young person caught up in the issues of the day does, but I feel like I do have a bigger-picture understanding. I know more historical context because my own life now includes a lot of "history". I can compare how some of the same issues have had an impact on my own life but in different ways because of different times and attitudes. And I think it is possible for people to come to a great deal of understanding, across all kinds of differences, by paying attention.

bijouxbroussard · F

@ServantOfTheGoddess Yes, absolutely. An "advantage" of being one of the "elders" is having seen what came before. Unfortunately, remembering when I didn’t always believe some of the things my grandparents’ life experiences had taught them until much later, I’m not confident that I’ll always be heard, either. I can accept that.

"I’m just a soul whose intentions are good…"

ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

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SatyrService · M

be sure I will look to your posts. I think conversations, polite and rational need to be "out Here" where our ideas can propagate

and of coruse there will be trolls

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