Guts Gets Some
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- Dołączono
- 9 Lis 2018
10 years ago, I loved talking about politics with people. I hated Obama as President, but I never once yelled at a person because they voted for him and supported him. It would just be a discussion of ideas and opinions, and that would be it.
I started to avoid discussing politics shortly after the 2012 Election/during the time of Benghazi. I'm not one of those people who 100% believes that there was some sort of "gun running to Syria" type of thing going on, but I was a person who criticized Obama AND Clinton for fucking up and then lying about the reason why the attack on the Embassy even happened. I was like "He's lying about messing up BIG TIME because an election was coming up, so of course he resorted to shifting the blame," and people just WENT for me. I remember even someone crying out to me "Hillary is going to retire. She'll be gone from politics soon anyway, so why keep criticizing her?! Just leave the poor woman alone! You're so bloodthirsty!" (as if they didn't know she was going to run in 2016, HA).
It has gotten SO much worse since 2012, though. The trajectory of the political discourse has been staggering.
Though, I do admit: I am getting sick to death of going out in public just to have fun, and then the conversation devolves into people being so depressed over Trump (even though literally nobody in the groups I'm with are remotely affected). And if you dare say anything that doesn't go with what they're saying, I guarantee there would be tears and sobbing ... So I don't even bother. If I can't benefit intellectually from the conversation and all I get is an awkward as hell situation, I just avoid it. I'm pretty sick of constantly needing to walk on eggshells, though ... Especially when people obviously don't give me the same courtesy. OH WELL.
I wish I was as chill as you. I got into lots of arguments and even lost new friends I made at college back during the first Obama election, because they just would not shut up about him no matter what I said or even asked.
It's like trying to ask a bragging kindergartner to please shut up; it only makes them do it harder. Surely you can understand.
I've always had a very adamant personality, and it was much stronger when I was younger, and I simply couldn't take it.
I pointed out their hypocrisy later on with their excuses about McCain or Palin "Look how old he is, he's gonna die soon!" and "WOoo, she's been governor of ALASKA!!"; they worshipped Bernie Sanders (who looks about 10x older) and by saying about Obama, "Yeah, and how much has Obama been in charge of? ZIP."
But it was like arguing with a wall, and I soon adopted your strategy of none of this shit matters or keep it to yourself.
How ironic that something so adult like politics is when people become their absolute most juvenile. People are so blinded by party affiliations than the actual candidate; parties need to be gotten rid of altogether and just have potentials explaining their points.
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