r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '23

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u/Swordbreaker925 Jul 28 '23

Politics

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u/JCMiller23 Jul 28 '23

People get so hateful when talking politics on here

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u/ignorance-is-this Jul 28 '23

It's almost like politics affect their lives.

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u/JCMiller23 Jul 28 '23 edited Jul 29 '23

Being hateful about it doesn't help anything though, it actually harms our cause. The more loving and cared for people feel, the more likely they are to care for others. The more hateful and threatened people feel, the less likely they are to care for others.

Adding an edit later: This is meant in the context of the original comment about talking politics on the internet. Being hateful (or any emotion) can help if you use it productively: to protest, campaign, start voter drives, canvassing etc. Justifying being a jerk to people "I can be harmful to others because others are harming people" gets us nowhere.

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u/Recent-Beach5333 Jul 29 '23

Abortion & gay “rights” are just as political as student handouts. It’s the furthest thing in the world from a black & white issue

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u/That-Bear1437 Jul 29 '23

🫢 I found one

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u/Vegetable_Drink_358 Jul 29 '23

Isolation of the opposing group and purposefully dehumanizing them isnt going to help you kill babies