Politics has always been high-stakes, but politicizing everything would effectively mean destroying society. "I am a pro-choice atheist. When I lived in Irelan

Politics has always been high-stakes, but politicizing everything would effectively mean destroying society. "I am a pro-choice atheist. When I lived in Ireland, one of my friends was a pro-life Christian. I thought she was responsible for the unnecessary suffering of millions of women. She thought I was responsible for killing millions of babies. And yet she invited me over to her house for dinner without poisoning the food. And I ate it, and thanked her, and sent her a nice card, without smashing all her china." https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rkpDX7j7va6c8Q7cZ/in-favor-of-niceness-community-and-civilization https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rkpDX7j7va6c8Q7cZ/in-favor-o...