Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’
Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’
So instead of looking into a more common ground in these issues, we see libral in social media labelling any conservative as “hater” “idiots” and then wonder why conservative get elected.
I have never seen a normal conversation that address any of the conserns that parents and people who have conservative values would have.
Instead, if they are religious we see comments saying they will do anything for their imaginary friend, and if they are conservative, they don’t know how to raise their kids, and the best is when talking about blocker thereby, comment will dismiss everything as being non harmful which doesn’t make sense.
I am also amazed that people with concern or question cannot say much because of the hate speech laws that are vaguely defined. So you end up with people “force” to be quite and only able to have conversations with like minded or extremist people. This also force academics/lawyers/medically trained individual to not say anything.
I always wonder if this is a work of trolls who aimd at dividing the country similar to what happens in the US and UK.
Edit: cool to see some of the replies actually prove a point.
Yeah, it’s conservatives who are the real victims, good thing they have clowns like you to focus on the important issues and advocate for them!
Because their concerns are delusional.
You can’t have a “normal conversation” about kitty litter boxes being placed in schools for students who are furries. It never happened, but someone told them it did and now they’re angry about it. Try to tell them it’s not happening and they fell for a hoax and then they accuse you of being blind to the truth and hurting children.
Constructive discourse is impossible. All you can hope to do is limit their influence by appealing to people who have not already fallen for their fear mongering. Engaging directly is a trap.
😭 “It’s unfair that people call us bullies just because we bully them. Those bullies hurt our feelings. We’re the victims!!!”
The ever-ready argument of ultraconservatives, abusers, and brain-damaged toddlers.
Where is the common ground between ‘trans people are people’ and ‘trans people are abominations that should be relegated to the backwash of society until we find a socially acceptable reason to kill them.’?
Whichever side of the fence we’re on I think one thing we can agree are on is that you need to work on your spelling
When conservatives learn to present their arguments in a non-hyperbolic fashion that doesn’t ignore science and reality, and to have an adult conversation about the merits of those arguments, and to be honest about what is motivating those arguments, then this complaint will hold some water.
I mean, yeah, usually the religious people demonstrating have things saying “you will burn in hell” or similar. Thats not an argument at all, other than they doing it for their imaginary friend.
Dearest doorknob, where did you receive your education? Serious question.
Indeed, discussion between the left and right no longer seems possible. Both sides focus on the extremes. The far-right arguments and the far-left arguments instead of the centrist povs.
I think that any controversial point that people have different takes works like this… Vast majority of people, free of influence from their others, are centrist. A bell-curve of dividing opinions. Most people would either not care, or not find a big issue about it. Few will take it to the extremes. But over time in political discourse, we move from a bell curve of opinions to two very divisive sides.
Since the main topic is apparently too hot of a take, I’ll take pineapple on a pizza for example (Perhaps I’m getting into even hotter waters). Free of external influence (i.e. memes), I think most people will eat it without much thought. Some might like it, some might not, and I doubt it’s all that controversial–likely less than anchovies. If you don’t like it, you just don’t have to eat it.
But if one extreme said we must ban pineapples from all pizzas, and the other end of the extreme said we must put pineapple on all pizzas, we have a very different scenario. I myself enjoy Hawaiian pizza and find pineapples to be a fine topping. But I certainly don’t want to eat only pineapple pizzas all the time. So, I’d look at both extremes and side with no pineapples ever. That seems better of the two options. I can no longer be a centrist because the idea of having only pineapple pizza seems horrible. But I don’t really eat whole pizzas by myself, I eat it with others. And if others are such great lovers of pineapple pizza, I’d be influenced to side with the other extreme of always having pineapple due to peers.
I want to highlight that both of these extremes are authoritarian. One forces you to eat pineapple. The other forces you to not eat pineapple. Neither are true libertarian choices. They are forced viewpoints one forces on the other. That’s what forces people to have such strong negative emotion towards it. No one wants to be forced into things. This is important and I’ll come back to this later.
Just look at every other reply to the comment I’m replying to. They highlight how the extreme right is horrible. Yeah. They are. It seems there’s no arguing with them. They seem to have extreme authoritarian views. How do you deal with them as a left leaning person? You can’t. The ones that can deal with them, are not you, but the centrists or the non-extreme rights. You can only bring them to your side by shunning your own extreme left. Vice versa the other way around too for rights bringing in the left. You need to recognize extremism and learn to shun them. But we don’t do that. We get into team mentality and think your side is right and the other is wrong. The more people think like that, the more divisive people get because they associate the extreme with the rest. Just because I want to eat pineapple pizza doesn’t mean I want to force everyone to eat pineapple pizza.
Look at this article. It constantly highlights how some members of the organization are extreme leaning. Yes, I’m sure there are. It’s a team game after all. But then we’re intentionally ignoring the vast quantity of people who aren’t.
The right is seeing authoritarian regime from the left as their children are now forced to learn about things they don’t approve of. Whether or not you think learning of LGBT+ in school is right or wrong is what you will be fixated on, but it is entirely irrelevant. Whether or not I want pineapple on pizza is irrelevant. Problem is forced. Problem is whether or not I’m forced to eat pineapple pizza. This is why you get such push away, why the centrists find themselves having to side with one or the other. They’re siding with the one they feel less repulsed to. Though people love to (mis)quote the paradox of tolerance and how they must intolerate the intolerant, they don’t realize this is said on both sides of the spectrum. Both sides feel forced by the other to suppress them, and then we continue to speculate on what is the other side through the extreme responses. This is why both sides keep saying they’re victims. This is why they both claim the other is a fascist. You might not be the extreme authoritarian so you probably think the argument is idiotic, bigotry, etc. because you brought a sensible argument. But some of the people on your team are. You probably don’t realize they’re behind you. But they’re the face the other side sees.
Though I did bring the solution, I doubt it’s a plausible one. I don’t think any significant number of people in the moderate political climate is interested in doing so. As seen by number of downvotes. Frankly, I think we’re fucked.
We can’t be friends anymore. Go die with all your anti-pineapplist friends!!
Anti-pinapplism is hate. Nearly every act of domestic toppings in Marinara history has been committed by Anti-pinapplists. Nearly every act of mushrooms, green peppers, onions, and even anchovies ever committed in Dipping Sauce history has been committed by Anti-pinapplists.
Teach your children why it is inappropriate to make friends with, keep relationships with or do business with Anti-pinapplists. Marginalize hate by marginalizing me. Wait wut?
Sadly, I think you are probably right. The US and several other major democratic powers seem to be trying to find their own recipes for civil war.
I think you shouldn’t speak until you work on your spelling, my God it’s atrocious.