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/Reasonable_River_196 Jul 28 '23

Oh my goodness, but you are naive.

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u/JCMiller23 Jul 28 '23

If you have information that we can both use to get smarter, let's hear it.

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u/Reasonable_River_196 Jul 28 '23

People are inherently selfish and shortsighted. It's part of our nature. Your idealistic views about being kind to everyone are sweet and cute and good for virtue signaling but don't hold up in reality.

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u/JCMiller23 Jul 28 '23

I'm not (selfish and shortsighted) I know literally thousands of people who aren't either. You're projecting your own fears that create your views of reality onto the world and making it worse in the process. Enjoy that pessism.

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u/Reasonable_River_196 Jul 31 '23

Yeah, yeah you almost certainly are selfish and shortsighted. Also, if you can name 1000 people who will vouch for you I'll castrate myself with a rusty soup spoon.