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> since you and others seemed to have trouble with it. Given your hostile response to that response (naturally after having been attacked) I won't continue to t
by tmh88j 5y ago
> since you and others seemed to have trouble with it. Given your hostile response to that response (naturally after having been attacked) I won't continue to try.
How is what I asked hostile? They commenter made a statement about small towns and politics equating friendship. I've lived in those areas and I still have no idea what they mean. You have very strong opinions in this area and keep on lobbing partial ideas out there (just like this) as if everyone should understand how you feel without explicitly stating why.
>In all honesty, if you're that insulated from the current zeitgeist, consider yourself fortunate.
You seem to be consuming more media than you are interacting with the folks they're stirring up propaganda about to get views. As I've previously mentioned I have hobbies that are stereotypically aligned with certain demographics, and from the countless hours I've spent at gun ranges, muscle car shows and shops, tech conventions and art fairs, 99% of people's beliefs are not at the extremes of the political spectrum. The vocal minority usually creates the divisive attention you seem to be speaking of. I saw your other comment in this thread about ditching your friends because they were "more trouble than it's worth". I'm not surprised you believe everyone is at each other's throats based on that comment. Most people are very reasonable.
- throwaway89652 5y agoI stand by my original statement: consider yourself fortunate. The problem isn't that I'm consuming propaganda; it's that the people around me are consuming propaganda, despite best efforts. If you haven't seen compassionate and reasonable friends and family turn into paranoid, irrational, hate-filled conformists as they become Extremely Online, then in all sincerity, consider yourself fortunate.