• @Couldbealeotard
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    252 days ago

    It’s politics. By definition, it’s political, not “seen as political”

    • Lightor
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      31 day ago

      Whoa guy, can you stop being so political

    • /home/pineapplelover
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      232 days ago

      It’s only political if it’s criticizing conservatives. Anything else is just common logic.

      • @BigBenis
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        1 day ago

        Yeah but back to my original question, what does “being political” really mean here? Because we’ve established that this is all inherently political and there’s really no way to not be political in this context.

        The way she uses it and the way you are using it implies that “being political” is just another way of saying someone is being dissonant, controversial, or are otherwise out of line in a political context. Which I think is harmful and the reason American politics is so fucked. So many of us are uncomfortable with opposing viewpoints and we’d rather not talk about it so we bestow the black mark of “being political” upon those who deviate from the tribal consensus.

        • /home/pineapplelover
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          313 hours ago

          Yep, that’s it. You and me view “being political” as the definition of “anything that relates to politics”. These other deranged people just think that anything not agreeing to their politics is “being political”.