Diva (she/her)

I agree with you that this conflict needs a resolution, it’s possible lemmy.ml has done some things wrong, that’s why I support a two state solution that guarantees lemmy.mls security.

You automatically assume the worst about other people

I just said that you and your dad have a lot in common and you say I’m spiting bile? No pleasing you people

Right. I like meat. Not going to lie – I can be convinced to eat more plants and less meat, but I’ll fight you if you try to take my meat away.

My father and I can’t be further apart on politics. He’s a Goldwater Republican, old-school hard-core conservative that doesn’t like Trump the man, but loves Trump the politician. He runs his big truck on Earth Day just to spite the Environmentalists.

Sounds like you guys have a lot in common behaviorally despite your professed political differences.

Tee9000’s question speaks to my dad’s and my relationship.

Good for you, not very relatable for me, frankly- I get along fine with my dad. The rest of his family has been another story, and I don’t see the issue with simply never interacting with them. Like how is that my job to change their minds? I would rather just live my life happy

“You used masculine pronouns to refer to me despite knowing that I prefer feminine pronouns. Unless and until you respect me, I will not interact with you any more.” works far better than “fuck you, good bye.”

Ghosting works too

Not exactly my business but maybe you are over-politicizing and feeding division.

Believe it or not, people don’t get nearly this pissed off at me when I voice my political opinions in person.

I still interact with republicans, but I don’t think they’re any more reachable than democrats

So what do we do? Is there any particular gain by seething over a general population of people? They arent inherently bad… people at large reduce meaning and memeify things so the mental load is lighter. Its a problem on lemmy and its a problem for the majority of people living. They want to care about the right things but they are missing guidance. There used to be a more cohesive narrative that people trusted which is now gone now.

I cut ties with pretty much everyone in my life who was not willing to gender me correctly. That’s not seething, it’s me protecting myself from having to deal with their bullshit. I’m here in a lib online space as a leftist not because I “like” conservatives, but because I dislike when liberals act like conservatives.

It’s really a grand irony to be getting accused of being a republican because I have left-wing critiques of democrats and express disappointment in them.

I don’t think you understand the nature of my critique. Republicans suck ass, and it enrages me that democrats will only pretend to oppose wars when it’s Republicans in power

Like what do you want me to say about republicans? they’re pretty much always car brained, incapable of having a nuanced understanding of the world around them, misogynist, transphobic, jingoistic.

Many of these can also be said of some Democrats, but it’s far more the rule for republicans.

I get annoyed at democrats for their failure, because they pretend to be better.

Yes, I’m an anarchist, I’m opposed to democrats. You figured it out lmao

I talk about Democrats all the time without threats of violence, what are you talking about?

Fortunately their hand-picked successor is on the ballot!

What do you mean? I just don’t comment on Republicans because threats of violence get removed

Also there was more aggressive pro-democrat posters, so it usually escalates when I do stuff like pointing out that Obama is a warmonger just like every other US politician.

Remember when this guy drank the water at Flint, too bad you can’t drone strike lead pipes