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it's possible to disagree with someone politically and still acknowledge their positive aspects.
by jayGlow 7mo ago
it's possible to disagree with someone politically and still acknowledge their positive aspects.
- LetsGetTechnicl 7mo agoWhat positive aspects are there for someone who supported racist birther conspiracy theories and supported Benjamin Netanyahu?
- ceejayoz 7mo agoTo Godwin a little, Hitler's veganism doesn't make him a "role model", even if you think veganism is a good thing.
- Kye 7mo agoFortunately Godwin's law was only an observation of a tendency and, as Godwin himself clarified, not a proscription against an apt comparison.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoSorry you don’t get to say “Well this person doesn’t think I have the right to exist and be respected as a person. But I’m sure glad he saved a puppy once.”
- angoragoats 7mo agoFor a simple political disagreement? Absolutely; I completely agree. But to believe that a certain class of people shouldn’t exist is not a run of the mill political belief, and treating it that way normalizes the behavior and contributes to the problem.
- AlexeyBelov 7mo agoNot sure why you're downvoted. The disagreement was not on tax policy or where to build what. I don't understand why both this and "some people shouldn't exist" are both labeled with the same word "political".
- angoragoats 7mo agoThanks, but I’m used to being downvoted and flagged for speaking truthfully about fascism on this site.
- crims0n 7mo agoRemember the good ol' days when people just didn't discuss politics or religion out of decency? There was a reason for that, both bring out the worst in people.
- LetsGetTechnicl 7mo agoSuddenly I'm reminded of the decent (grown) people who yelled in six year-old Ruby Bridges' face when she was merely attending elementary school. So if that was 1960, I'm just wondering when those good ol' days you're referring to where.
- crims0n 7mo agoIt is an expression, you needn’t interpret it literally.
- LetsGetTechnicl 7mo agoOh, okay. I guess that's a convenient excuse to not have to back up your words.
- crims0n 7mo agoThis is hn not reddit, do you really expect a response to your whataboutism?
- LetsGetTechnicl 7mo ago"Whataboutism" is just asking you to validate your claims, I guess.
- crims0n 7mo agoYou don’t need me to validate it for you, search “never discuss politics or religion in polite company” - it was a common maxim.
- zamalek 7mo agoDespite how much they would have you believe it, human rights are not a political issue. Politics are used to expand practiced rights (or abused to reduce them), just like politics are involved with providing you access to water.