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Before anyone writes an article like this, claiming to understand the body politic, consider that an enormous number of people right now refuse to wear masks du
by moosey 6y ago
Before anyone writes an article like this, claiming to understand the body politic, consider that an enormous number of people right now refuse to wear masks during a pandemic. They don't just oppose wearing masks, they violently and angrily oppose it. They make a big point out of not wearing masks. Anyone who writes an article like this suggesting that I need to compromise with political opposition needs to start here, and explain to me what I need to change about my own behavior in order to meet sociopathy 'in the middle'. Sure, mask wearing isn't a perfect left/right venn diagram, but societal issues and political issues are very much tied together (see religion, abortion, LGBT rights, etc.).
I will argue the reason this happens is not because of bad marketing by "Democrats", "liberals", or scientists, but because misinformation is highly effective, and backed by what could be one of the most advanced algorithms in the world: The facebook addiction algo. It is as much a human programming tool as anything that has ever existed, and I wonder if society can maintain stability while it prints money.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> societal issues and political issues are very much tied together The average person has much less ideological coherence than the subset of Americans who closely follow politics. Finding anti-mask pro-LGBT anti-abortion anti-gun nationalist isn’t unusual. This is why politics is about which issues get prioritised. Not which way they go.
- bluGill 6y agoFind, don't compromise - I don't compromise on that issue either. However you are probably out of issues to refuse to compromise on now just with this one.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIf you define the people who disagree with you (even about masks) as sociopaths, then you are part of the problem.
- tbihl 6y agoCalling your political enemies "sociopathy" is functionally identical to calling them "deplorables", and people are likely to take you at your word when you do so.