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People have taken 'everything is political' to mean 'politics must be discussed for everything'. I am old enough that I've been burned by both sides of the pol
by preommr 21d ago
People have taken 'everything is political' to mean 'politics must be discussed for everything'.
I am old enough that I've been burned by both sides of the political aisle, often using the same rhetoric (think of the children, we're fighting for freedom, we're fighting against fascism, no true scoctsman, etc.)
Maybe the day will come when we really will have to pick sides beyond the elections, like it's WWII, but that day isn't today. I just want to be left alone, away from political camps and the ugliness they tolerate because of they're fighting against the greater good.
I just want my tech to focused on the tech.
- rbanffy 21d ago> both sides of the political aisle There is a false equivalence happening. In this case, both sides are the people who just want to exist without being attacked for being themselves and the people who say they are wolves and that wolves need to be shot to protect the sheep. I want people like DHH and his supporters out of the tech I use. I don't trust them, nor do I trust their judgment.
- bigbadfeline 21d ago>> OTOH, fighting bigotry is something we should never leave behind. > [we] just want to exist without being attacked for being themselves and [they say we're] wolves who need to be shot to protect the sheep. Weird, you're the author of both of the above quotes but "just wanting to exist" is very different from "a never ending war on bigotry". It's either one or the other, can't be both because war begets war.