Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1219069" data-attributes="member: 56232">I think the worst bit is there is having different political opinions and then there is being partisan to the extent to become a complete hypocrite and turn a blind eye to all the bad things your side does whilst going to the extent of even making up stuff about the other side.This is the issue I&#039;ve had with the far right more than anything recently. I&#039;m not right wing, never have been but I&#039;ve had discussions with right wingers in the past where they could hold their hands up when their side did something bad. Now though, you have people predominantly on the right committing crimes and outright trying to undermine the democratic system and they shrug their shoulders, because all is fair in the name of &quot;owning the libz&quot;. The left don&#039;t have this same attitude. There is no desire to &quot;trigger&quot; the right or &quot;own the cons&quot;, the intentional trolling is very much on one side and shows that causing anger is an aim unto itself.The ex friend I broke off contact with wasn&#039;t just for being right wing, it&#039;s because his views shifted to saying Hitler wasn&#039;t such a bad guy and texting me at 5am when Trump won to try to rub it in my face and start an argument. That goes beyond simple political differences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1219069, member: 56232"] I think the worst bit is there is having different political opinions and then there is being partisan to the extent to become a complete hypocrite and turn a blind eye to all the bad things your side does whilst going to the extent of even making up stuff about the other side. This is the issue I've had with the far right more than anything recently. I'm not right wing, never have been but I've had discussions with right wingers in the past where they could hold their hands up when their side did something bad. Now though, you have people predominantly on the right committing crimes and outright trying to undermine the democratic system and they shrug their shoulders, because all is fair in the name of "owning the libz". The left don't have this same attitude. There is no desire to "trigger" the right or "own the cons", the intentional trolling is very much on one side and shows that causing anger is an aim unto itself. The ex friend I broke off contact with wasn't just for being right wing, it's because his views shifted to saying Hitler wasn't such a bad guy and texting me at 5am when Trump won to try to rub it in my face and start an argument. That goes beyond simple political differences. [/QUOTE]

Verification