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May 26 2021 03:19pm
Lately, no, because I've been working so much, but generally I absolutely love discussing politics with the right people. There seems to have been a distinctive political dichotomy that has developed during the second half of Obama's administration and certainly during the Trump years. There is very little in the way of sensible political discourse so I don't try unless I respect the person I'm talking to.

I look at it like this -- I basically do not believe either party in a political discussion will walk away with their minds changed. Most people have a very fixed position on politics and therefore I view political discussion like a mental and ideological exercise in a way where you can entertain certain thoughts, positions, what have you within the confines of a discussion. In this way you can freely discuss things and possible become educated on a subject or be exposed to a perspective you weren't thinking; even if you retain your beliefs.

At the end of the day I'm extremely against ignorance, I'm more than willing to talk to anyone about anything and I don't believe it needs to escalate to hostility at all.
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May 26 2021 04:34pm
I speak about politics frequently in real life, including with many people of diverse political backgrounds, often whom share opposing beliefs as myself. I believe that I'm one of the more civil users in PaRD, and my civility is only that much stronger in real life. It would not surprise me to find that the people who have the most hostile PaRD engagements are also people who do not speak about politics in real life, or if they do, it is only in echo chambers.
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May 26 2021 04:42pm
I can find areas of agreement and disagreement with people on both sides.
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May 26 2021 04:45pm
Yes. In Canada we're always talking about US politics!
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May 26 2021 04:47pm
Quote (proccy @ May 26 2021 06:45pm)
Yes. In Canada we're always talking about US politics!


Kinda sad eh? They tried to make a scandal out of the pitiful trudeau elbow incident. Nothing exciting happens here.

This post was edited by duffman316 on May 26 2021 04:47pm
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Kinda sad eh? They tried to make a scandal out of the pitiful trudeau elbow incident. Nothing exciting happens here.


Bro I don't even know who that is!
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May 26 2021 07:11pm
Quote (duffman316 @ May 26 2021 06:42pm)
I can find areas of agreement and disagreement with people on both sides.


Bingo.
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May 26 2021 11:19pm
Voted dishonest because I spend a lot of time asking questions and trying to listen as if they know something I don't, which means playing devils advocate.
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I hide my power level IRL but recently told someone who's a liberal school teacher and I'm wiring her house, that I was doxxed by the ADL and antifa
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May 27 2021 01:10am
yes, but only with people I'm comfortable with who already basically know how I feel (i.e. family)
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May 27 2021 08:19am
Quote (duffman316 @ 26 May 2021 15:47)
Kinda sad eh? They tried to make a scandal out of the pitiful trudeau elbow incident. Nothing exciting happens here.


I'd like to think Trudeau dressing in blackface and having Fidel Castro as a father could possibly be amusing.
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