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> People who say "I'm not political" are deflecting to avoid conflict A great truth. Even isolating yourself from society like a hermit is still a political de
by darkwater 2y ago
> People who say "I'm not political" are deflecting to avoid conflict
A great truth. Even isolating yourself from society like a hermit is still a political decision: you are rejecting society as it is, and prefer to live in your own solo society. That's politics.
- computerthings 2y ago[dead]
- dcow 2y agoI don’t think that’s totally accurate. If I live as a hermit but perform my civic duties like voting and paying any taxes, I don’t see how choosing to live in solitude is anything more than a lifestyle choice.
- Braxton1980 2y agoI don't think he was saying it's more than a lifestyle choice just that your still involved, a non action is an action.
- fc417fc802 2y ago> Even isolating yourself from society like a hermit is still a political decision That is a nonsensical definition of that term. It implies that literally any action you take falls into the set "political" instead of outside of it. That defeats the purpose of the term. The point of qualifiers is to differentiate between different sorts of things. Obviously the intention of the person using such a term is to distinguish between things. Thus such a rebuttal amounts to intellectual dishonesty by intentionally misinterpreting what was said.