Isn't it super disappointing no one can have a educated discussion around politics anymore. It's always so negative trash talky and what's even more sad is that people you might have been friends with for years for some reason if they find out you voted for the other guy they go crazy and defriend you. So weird.
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I lost many friends because I am conservative christian and politics comes in a way. In fact few of my cousins I last saw in 2009 and we never see eye to eye in any family gatherings anymore. Here in Asia, not being liberal and woke is kind of like inviting predators in corporate and social settings. Not being liberal and left would cost me my interactions with any future nephew and niece too I am afraid. I avoid talking about being conservative on hive too because you never know people may start with downvotes vendetta.
For most of my life I would have been defined as an ultra-conservative Evanglical Christian. After leaving the Christian faith, I now adhere to the Noachide philosophy (white-boy wanna be Jew as I describe it).
I am still fairly conservative in some of my views but have been called a liberal Jew by some. Fine with me. I heard that Jesus fella was also considered a liberal Jew by his peers in his day. I take the term that others use as a slur as a badge of honor!😁
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I can understand that. Most of my family is conservative Christian and it was hard for me to interact with some of them because of our very different views on politics, economy and society.
Fortunately we were able to find common ground and focus on the things we agree on rather than on the things we disagree on so now we have a much better relationship
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Relatable. Lost friendships over politics. It's not worth it at all!
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These days we're dealing with SORE WINNERS.
It's not enough enough to come out victorious in any discussion connected to politics in any way. These SORE WINNERS want to send the losers to oblivion in every possible way and even some impossible ways.
We don't need to change anyone's minds. We just need to state our cases and let th chips fall where they may. In the end, the truth will come out. That's the best revenge.
Source: Bleacher Report
Professional ice hockey-- specifically the game in the Naional Hockey League-- is know to be a game riddled with fights and brawls. Not so much these days, but it was that way for decades well into the 1980s. When the playoffs take place to determine who ets to raise the Stanley Cup, the fights go down yet the brutality increases. For as long as a series is played, the 2 teams beat each other to a pulp. When the series ends and the winner advances to the next round-- or gets to raise the Stanley Cup over their heads-- both teams line up on the ice and everyone shakes everyone else's hands. The team which executed its game plan better beat the team which didn't.
Source: IMDB.com
Politics had been that way until the 21st Century. These days, instead of playing for the Stanley Cup we're fighting in Thunderdome ("Two men enter, one man leaves! Two men enter, one man leaves!!").
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Hehe as a big hockey fan that was a very nice analogy.
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I was thinking of using the comment as a springboard for a post, only I'm not sure which domain gets to declare its version as canonical. The topic came up in LeoFinance, but LeoFinance is not a politically-oriented place except in how politics affects the financial markets are cryptocurrency. Proof of Brain would be the best place if it's not LeoFinance.
I would write the post in the most detached way I can, but I can't promise that comments will be just as detached.
If I publish it at PoB, I'll tag LeoFinance as well plus other communities. We are affected by this even if it's not as we would like.
So which domain should declare its version as canonical? Given the topic of the post, I didn't want to post it here if it's a mistake to do so, which is why I'm asking before I proceed.
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I would definitely have to agree that its become so tribal and toxic that I just want to tune out.
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Yea, it's sad really. Some people will go a long way to defend politician A or B and are completely blind to the fact that most of them are equally bad
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This is what politics has always been:
Source: IMDB.com
These days, it actually feels like we're dealing with Aliens/Xenomorphs and Predators. Whatever we believe (or even don't believe), we need to unite to remove the political people who pit us against each other. Our trouble is not with each other: it's with them.
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That's very accurate. They are supposed to work for the people who elected them but they actually just do enough to get the votes they need
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