myDeaconmyhand
First man to get a team of horses up Bear Mountain
And come 2024 we’re going to have to vote harder than we’ve ever voted in our lives
And come 2024 we’re going to have to vote harder than we’ve ever voted in our lives
you guys actually vote? Seems like a lot of effort for no reason. Only vote I ever made was for a coworker, cause I knew the guy.
I suppose I rarely take the time to think through and write something that is meant to change anyone’s mind or be overly pragmatic and reasonable given my feelings and emotions about material politics.
During Covid I’ve ruminated a lot on the Michael Brooks quote “be ruthless with systems, be kind to people.” Whenever I see people railing on anti vaxxers or vaccinated people who aren’t willing to mask or vaxxed and masked people who aren’t willing to stay home, I return back to that quote and think about how miserably our government failed us. I feel the same about trump voters or individual politicians, which is to say sympathetic to their humanity and angry at the system who failed them. It doesn’t excuse bad behavior or attitude or belief.
I understand this isn’t a heuristic that works for everyone too. For me it’s far easier to direct my anger at systems than individuals, perhaps because I would like to be afforded the same grace. If I’ve directed an ad hominem at you it was misdirected. I just know a better world is possible.
I'm kind to people (outside of certain shitbags on message boards), but I fully blame them for their idiocy/evil and the state of the country.
people in power, especially those who misuse it, love this mentality.
people in power, especially those who misuse it, love this mentality.
If you don’t know trump voters or anti vaxxers in your immediate family or close friends that you care about and love I feel sad for your sheltered life
Yea I just don’t think having conservative views is a personality flaw just as I’d hope people wouldn’t think my leftist views or my Wake fandom are so central to my being that they flaw my essential character
If you don’t know trump voters or anti vaxxers in your immediate family or close friends that you care about and love I feel sad for your sheltered life
They are some of the best and most generous people I know, and hating them for their beliefs no matter how much we disagree is not something I can reconcile
Seems shitty to think someone is “best” and “generous” because of how they treat their family, their in-group, and maybe how they take pity on the poors while being for keeping them poor.
You can love people while acknowledging their massive flaws.
Seems shitty to think someone is “best” and “generous” because of how they treat their family, their in-group, and maybe how they take pity on the poors while being for keeping them poor.
You can love people while acknowledging their massive flaws.