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Actually when it comes to personal experiences, and human to human offline interaction I've just noticed I don't need to agree with everyone. I have liberal fr
by offtop5 6y ago
Actually when it comes to personal experiences, and human to human offline interaction I've just noticed I don't need to agree with everyone.
I have liberal friends, conservative friends. I've dated liberals and I've dated conservatives. Well I still vote, I'm not nearly as political as I used to be. I don't use social media ( including online dating) , if only because I found people to be insanely mean. I don't want to be called slurs when discussing politics, and that's what happens online. Now if I'm at a bar, I might actually even buy a voter from the other team a beer. I can see his or her humanity. Online the other team is literally a group of evil villains who want to destroy all that is good in the world. And I'm at the point where I think social media needs to be heavily regulated to stop society from imploding. It's just too powerful, too harmful of a tool as is.
- andrewjl 6y ago> And I'm at the point where I think social media needs to be heavily regulated to stop society from imploding. It's just too powerful, too harmful of a tool as is. Heavy regulation would seem like a good solution, except it does nothing to shift incentives. Those remain unaddressed.
- space_rock 6y agoI would just not take your own and others political opinions too seriously. Most ideologies and political opinions are just broad, highly speculative, poorly informed guesses about the best way a government should run a country. Stick to things you actually have personally experience and are an expert in to have more serious opinions about