“We should be able to disagree on politics but still be civil and respectful” is an aspirational norm but it’s not absolute. I think almost everyone accepts that there are limits — if my former friend becomes a literal neo-Nazi most people won’t judge me for shunning them. Most people. /1
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I'm so damned sick of this.
I care a lot when ppl are actively spreading bullshit that will get others hurt.
Regardless, if you need to blow off steam from Dec-May, I’ll be available almost always!
Now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end"
The Specials, 1984 https://youtu.be/gqH_0LPVoho?si=365wa0ltitrtM4C8
It doesn't matter if the windmills ARE actually giants if the collective "wisdom" is that everybody screaming about giants is crazy.
I think we only disagree about whether Josh Gad's insta comments section is the place to declare the "last stand".
Depending on how instagram comments work (idk, I don't use instagram) it might not be a good place to do it at all, but I do think screenshots of people saying what he said can be a good jumping off point for that
Just be reasonable.
Libs: You're being shunned for wanting lower taxes?
Cons: No, not those beliefs.
Libs: Then which beliefs?
Cons: *Smirking* You know the ones...
Stay Frosty, Ken.
Now it's one saying people are eating cats and then calling the other side dangerous when they say stop