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Remember 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.
by crims0n 7mo ago
Remember 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.
- angoragoats 7mo agoHis reply was not whataboutism; it was a legitimate and direct retort to your post that exposes that what you asserted was false.
- crims0n 7mo agoYou can literally replace the first four words in their sentence with “What about when”.
- angoragoats 7mo agoThat’s not what whataboutism is; it requires the “what about when” to be followed by a change of topic, to distract the other party from the original topic.
- crims0n 7mo agoLike when I made a comment on general etiquette and someone else shifted the conversation to one of the worst moments of the civil rights movement?
- angoragoats 7mo agoNope.
- angoragoats 7mo agoWhat, exactly, was the expression in your post that was not meant to be interpreted literally?
- crims0n 7mo ago“Good ol’ days” is an idiom.
- cthalupa 7mo agoThe problem is that living life is inherently political. Being able to ignore politics, not having to feel the need to discuss them, is a sign that you are inherently better off than a good chunk of this country. A lot of people spend most of their waking hours having to deal with or at least keep in mind the fall out from regressive politics. Asking people to not discuss politics is like asking someone living in fear for their safety to not try and improve said safety. You're asking to not have to be bothered by something that annoys you to talk about in exchange for someone not being able to advocate for their life and livelihood.
- crims0n 7mo agoI agree with the sentiment. My point was more people used to have a common understanding that there was a time and place for political (and religious) discussion - and that those beliefs were deeply personal, shaped largely by experience, and not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character. Somewhere along the way we lost that idea, not all cultural changes are for the better.
- AlexeyBelov 7mo ago> not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character Really? When was that time? 1000 BC?
- crims0n 7mo agoWas pretty common with my grandparents generation so… mid 20th century? I know it can be hard to believe post-internet.
- angoragoats 7mo agoI see, so from this reply I gather that your parent post was not “just an expression” as you claimed elsewhere, and you just got snippy when someone pushed back against your obviously out-of-touch assertion of fact.