!cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee

I’m doing my part!

Agreed, there are lots of instances, and that may be one thing that allows Lemmy to actually have space for different political leanings. As I understand, conservative circles are not very large here, but that can change, and smaller communities generally are healthier. Check those out and recruit your pals- be the change you want to see in the world!

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        **Bingus**

Also from my interactions on here:

On one side I have an old catholic bum who is committing genocide (by allowing companies to sell to a man who is committing genocide), and in the other side I have a convicted felon who would absolutely continue the genocide while removing my human rights and wants to turn the country into a dictatorship.

As a leftist, these two are exactly the same and I’m not voting.

We killed god and replaced it with Google.

What I find so interesting about painting people you disagree with as a monolith is that it naturally makes the argument you are against contradictory.

One group of people cheers Uber and you disagree with that.

Then another group of people (granted there will be some overlap) decry Uber later on.

These are two different people, but when you treat them as one, you’re bound to see your opposition as being contradictory at best and contrarian at worst.

I am playing 5D sexuality

I am 250 units gay

Hush Puppy.

That’s not what you ate, that’s what you said when you ate it.

There’s another thread I was reading where it was talking about the scientific method, and then someone talked about a religious guy they knew, and then BAM. Next comment was “and my dad did these horrible things”.

Like it was so loosely related the two comments would have no issues getting married.

Yes, but all Minecraft villagers are also war criminals.

All Texans are war criminals

Not anymore, dudes been meme’d

This guy lawyers

I’m starting to think the reason you’ve been called a Nazi isn’t because you’ve misgendered someone.

Naw man you’re bloodthirsty

man it sounds like you became a communist when you realized you could guillotine people.

I’m also a cis white dude, but I’ve grown past the stage of saying “woah is me I’m standing in a place of privilege”. That attitude does nothing for anyone.

Allow yourself to be called out, because that’s how you get called in. If you want change, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable, because that’s what growing feels like. That discomfort is part of you having empathy for others, but it will go away as you learn to love and respect those who are not like you.

I get it, it’s easy to want to focus on how patriarchal systems have put us in a strange position of being both an aggressor and a victim, and it’s easier to face being a victim than considering how we’ve been complicit in this system. We do need to talk about men’s new role in an egalitarian society, and how we can best support men going forward, but being apathetic towards the dignity of others is not how you topple capitalism.

I accidentally misgender trans people all the time. Never have I ever been accused of being transphobic because I handle it like calling someone the wrong name accidentally. I quickly correct myself and move on, and actively do my best to remember their pronouns going forward.

Sure, it takes half a braincell of effort at first, but then it becomes easier. This is a strategy known as “not being a dick”.

That said I call everyone Carl because I’m too lazy to learn everyone’s name, and I don’t want to walk on eggshells to make sure I don’t call someone the wrong name accidentally./s