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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When someone you disagree with says something outrageous, what makes you want to respond versus just walk away?”
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How to hold healthy boundaries with people we love but deeply disagree with
I have decided not to travel to attend a dear friend’s wedding because it’s happening less than a week before the election, and my friend very publicly brings their political opinions in ways I disagree with, ways that play into unhealthy and potentially dangerous interpersonal... - Shera JoyCry...
Free Speech, Factory Farms, Ducks at the Park, What is "Trash"? +MetaRant Stream of consciousness
Wrote this a month ago or so… FEELING BRAVE: Dear AI, algorithms, this video is for you. Humans, better content is coming… Concepts flow in these subjects: Free Speech concerns on both sides of politics. Not naming names. What is Factory farming and the laws surrounding it?... - cindym...
I feel like Charlie Kirk was doing work akin to Uptrust: "Charlie Kirk spent his life trying to engage those who disagreed with him. By all accounts, he was willing to debate anyone, anywhere, about the ideas that mattered to him.... - [deleted]...
That’s actually kind of what my post was about. When we start calling whole groups “low IQ,” make blanket claims, and say one side is pure good and the other is pure evil, we stop thinking critically and start reacting emotionally. My point wasn’t left vs right.... - WWRS...
My point is not about speeches per se, as much as it is about what is said. The bigger point is that unless you have personally served, there is no way that you could know what you are opining about. Today's media and press are overtly and grossly unapologetically one-sided.... - Minnie...
Hi! You are right that people should talk and listen to eachother more. This way we find out we have more similarities than differences. Now-a-days many people are afraid to express an opinion for fear of being ridiculed, hated, or hurt by people who think their opinion is right... - Joanna...
I’m wondering: should I go into this? This topic feels like such a frame war. With the "Reproductive rights" or now "Get the government out of my uterus" frame on one side, and on the other side the "Save babies" frame.... - on📜 History already ran this sequence: slander, isolation, persecution, slaughter. What makes this campus remix different? by
1. Speaking against the inhumane and evil attacks I agree this isnt anti-semitism, and i wholeheartedly agree that racism is disgusting, for/against any "race." I think there is also (separately from non-racist criticism) a good deal of antisemitism happening, often... - Serpardum...
Just about everything you hear from the republicans OR democrats is a lie. It is KNOW that the vast majority of politians lie, if not all of them. And it is KNOWN that papers have politiac bent. Basically it is ALL lies, and you blame one side and claim the other doesn do.... - Sassiebrat67...
The incentives of "Downstrust" are a double edged sword.
I wonder if this website will go anywhere; it is a potentially disruptive concept. "Downtrust" in particular is a fresh angle. Amplifying a good argument when you disagree with the conclusion is a great way for the best arguments on both sides to rise to the top.... - onok, not to be a downer or start a fight or offend anyone , I just would like to ask if anyone here has thoughts on the global political scene. I am 58 and have never given two fucks about politics because I just always knew it was a joke, a scam, a game being run on the people. But the moves lately have caught my attention. Yet, I do not watch TV at all. for almost 10 years. Because it is an tool used to control perception and thereby behavior. And I like to be free from control. I have some very radical beliefs, but I am always interested in learning how other people feel and think about their life. I know I am intelligent enough to believe I do not know everything and also that every belief I have now has been expanded from something that came before it so all of my beliefs are subject to be expanded. so if you engage with me be prepared to not take anything I say as something I expect you to adapt to. I have strong feelings, radical beliefs, and I would love seeing if anyone else is fed up with the entire system as I am. 🤸🤸🤸🌼byAgartha5150...
I can definitely relate. I’ve been called a conspiracy theorist more times than I can count, but I don’t really see myself that way. I just think it’s healthy to question things, especially when the stakes are high.... - FrankieBoy...
I have utilized two different strategies with two different family members. My brother has become so angry that I chose not to engage for the sake of family unity. My BIL, used to send me emails full of his talking points.... Sounds reasonable/plausible to me, I like it! Yeah, I recall often thinking, when I do manage to observe political discourse and news, "Geez c'mon folks, can we please not undermine being civilized together?" There's some kind of combination perhaps of rule of law and basic...