it's possible to disagree with someone politically and still acknowledge their positive aspects.
replyRemember the good ol' days when people just didn't discuss politics or religion out of decency? There was a reason for that, both bring out the worst in people.
replySuddenly I'm reminded of the decent (grown) people who yelled in six year-old Ruby Bridges' face when she was merely attending elementary school. So if that was 1960, I'm just wondering when those good ol' days you're referring to where.
replyIt is an expression, you needn’t interpret it literally.
replyOh, okay. I guess that's a convenient excuse to not have to back up your words.
replyThis is hn not reddit, do you really expect a response to your whataboutism?
reply"Whataboutism" is just asking you to validate your claims, I guess.
replyThe problem is that living life is inherently political. Being able to ignore politics, not having to feel the need to discuss them, is a sign that you are inherently better off than a good chunk of this country.
replyA lot of people spend most of their waking hours having to deal with or at least keep in mind the fall out from regressive politics. Asking people to not discuss politics is like asking someone living in fear for their safety to not try and improve said safety. You're asking to not have to be bothered by something that annoys you to talk about in exchange for someone not being able to advocate for their life and livelihood.
I agree with the sentiment. My point was more people used to have a common understanding that there was a time and place for political (and religious) discussion - and that those beliefs were deeply personal, shaped largely by experience, and not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character.
replySomewhere along the way we lost that idea, not all cultural changes are for the better.
Despite how much they would have you believe it, human rights are not a political issue. Politics are used to expand practiced rights (or abused to reduce them), just like politics are involved with providing you access to water.
replyWhat positive aspects are there for someone who supported racist birther conspiracy theories and supported Benjamin Netanyahu?
replyFor a simple political disagreement? Absolutely; I completely agree. But to believe that a certain class of people shouldn’t exist is not a run of the mill political belief, and treating it that way normalizes the behavior and contributes to the problem.
replyTo Godwin a little, Hitler's veganism doesn't make him a "role model", even if you think veganism is a good thing.
replyFortunately Godwin's law was only an observation of a tendency and, as Godwin himself clarified, not a proscription against an apt comparison.
replySorry you don’t get to say “Well this person doesn’t think I have the right to exist and be respected as a person. But I’m sure glad he saved a puppy once.”
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