more and more these days, I find myself thinking that you can accept the discipline of your political goals or you can accept the discipline of your resentments.
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Julian Sanchez
Seeing a lot of “But they don’t deserve…” And no, of course they don’t. What the fuck does that have to do with anything? The house is on fire. Pass a bucket to whoever wants to put it out. You can remind them what an ass they’ve been later.
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the “leaders” & parties & other organizations that’ve paved the way to fascism, no. corporatism will always lead back to fascism as neither offers a sustainable future.
In the rush to embrace & absolve the idiots who voted us into this mess you may create a liability for yourselves & everyone you associate with.
Some people never learn their lessons, and some never learn their lessons about who they should trust.
40 years ago that was probably closer to 500
But it's possible to blame someone internally!
and in a sense you're correct, they are genuinely dangerous and hateful as a result. but eventually we have to go after the relatively tiny number of those who engineered this.
We either believe in the fundamental value of human life or we do not
I can disagree vehemently with someone’s views and even know that a person’s views are an existential threat to me wo revoking their human rights
Or maybe not? Who knows.
I think that's by design.
Will I shout at them if they can help me keep my SSRIs? No.
We will talk about it when things are better.
Neither works, because resentment pushes them away but warmness will too.
You give them another identity to assume, as someone who's smarter than remaining Trump supporters.
The only label that matters now is worker.
Liberals choose resentments (this way they don't have to do any actual work but can claim credit for the victories later).
Or apparently an entire political movement but you know. What can ya do.
At a certain point your discipline follows from your sense of ownership.
No one is coercing you to be chained to any platform.
Anybody suggesting trans ppl get thrown overboard can fuck all the way off and I will say that 6 inches from their face.
Liberals often turn away from it & fail to hold harm accountable (toxic positivity) or hold individuals responsible for systemic failings or falling victim to disinfo.
"It is not my job to educate you" feels good but accomplishes little imo
And even if you are a paid activist, it is generally for specific policy work, not for talking and changing the minds of rando's
Especially on the left
The OP is just saying that when they come to you in contrition, don't push them away.
I’ve tried mom & pop shopping for years now as much as I possibly can
And, I try to promote locally issued *public* money - which blue state folks should really be at least considering
https://bsky.app/profile/videotroph.bsky.social/post/3lhwqkkm6os24
“Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us” is one of them.
It’s never fair. I want them all to pay, too. But that never ends. It never, ever ends. We gotta do something else.
Maybe we can stop giving civic lectures back and forth and stick to substance since clearly everyone thinks only *they* are sober rationalists.