For me it’s saying, “we can’t joke about anything anymore”. Sirens go off immediately 🚨

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      On a related note: “I don’t see why you’d stop being friends with someone over politics”

      Especially these days with what basic human rights have been made political, politics is probably pretty high up there on my list of reasons I’d see in why not to associate with someone.

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        Politics are an extension of ethics so you kinda have every reason not to associate with someone whose moral compass is all fucked up (and so are their political takes).

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        I totally would be good with someone not being friends with me due to my politics. It would be a great passive filter.

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      I genuinely didn’t back then. I saw it as a waste of time. I only saw it as bitching on twitter, you could argue with rational arguments all you want, but you’d never change anyones mind. Odds are you are reasoning with a bot or a troll. I made the incorrect assumption that if a president ever strayed too far, he’d be stopped.

      Politics is an endless fire that fuels itself and burns forever, if I can stay away from it I will, but in the times of today, that’s not really an option anymore.

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        Well, everything is political, so I bet you cared about politics that you didn’t call politics. Politics is just social decision making. I bet you liked political movies.