the whole idea that discussing politics is lame is a neoliberal brainworm.
Don’t discuss politics with your family, just enjoy the time! — okay weird but sure
Don’t talk politics with your friends — what the hell why not
No politics at work — that’s a deeply political place wtf are we doing
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When people say no politics, that means no arguing. This applies to office politics, family politics, and of course government politics.
which ends up just meaning the racist uncle gets to shout his opinion and don’t you dare tell him he is wrong.
Fuck him, let him be wrong. In the Midwest we just ignore that person and they end up passed out on the couch by 5pm.
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The no arguing thing is key. Everyone eventually finds a topic that they don’t agree on, because politics, in the greek philosophy (aristotle based) sense of the word (I actually loved nicomachean ethics), is about the pursuit of the good life writ large. The chances of two people believing in the exact same life goals is almost zero, so there will be a fundamental disagreement at some point that, because we are talking about using governmental authority as a cudgel (in the modern sense of the word politics) to bring about a ‘good life’ for society, will cause a lot of friction.
In environments where we can’t control who we interact with, and that are semi-public with an ‘audience,’ such as work and family dinners, it’s just easier to say no politics and focus on the agreed areas of shared interests. Otherwise those little frictions can build into socially driven, highly charged arguments.
Keep political discussions to where everyone can easily walk away, where it’s one-on-one, or where everybody comes wanting to talk politics, and things are fine.
Don’t yell about politics in the work place. Just complaining about straw men is tiring.
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Yelling and talking are different things. Don’t get into a fit is all.
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There are virtually no current events in Germany and yelling about Americans being cray cray is not constructive or beneficial to our mental health. They are not our countrymen.
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No. Of course not. You jump to extremes. That’s not very cash money. But it does mean that we shouldn’t base our belief in the rule of law on the American system. Foreigners are doing foreigner things all the time. You might not like it but you gotta accept that from time to time. Attention is limited and should be spent wisely.
no way im going to talk politics at work, i have work to do.
The cranky unhappy politics wonk endlessly droning on about the evils of the world are a drain on everyone else’s joy.
This may be because I’m autistic, but I think apoliticals are the most boring people in the world. Apoliticals always want to talk about the weather and their favourite reality TV show and what they did while drinking on the weekend. But My political friends talk about political stuff like science fiction, history, cool movies, fun gossip.
Politics is what humans are best at in all the animal kingdom. If a human wants to be apolitical, well they’re just not living up to their potential. I’d get just as much engaging conversation from a dog, and it would be cuter.
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I’ve said it when I know I’m next to some maga idiot and it’s we either don’t talk politics or SippyCup catches himself a felony
105% of the time when someone in a public space says “Let’s not talk politics” or “Let’s not make this political” they are horrible MAGA-aligned morons or incel chuds who have outrageously stupid or hateful ideals.
Might just be where I’m from, but they’re more often neoliberal “don’t rock the boat” ghouls who care more about profits than any kind of ideological mission. Shit can suddenly get very political when it scratches their personal itch. They just don’t want anyone else arguing about politics when they should be putting up billables.
you absolutely never see someone start spouting anti-equality BS in a game subreddit and all the leftists go “whoa whoa, this isn’t the place for that, can’t we all just enjoy our games without making it political.”
Not in those words, but I definitely hear the periodic “okay, tone it down, this is different” whenever a hobby treads into the problematic. The fall-back line of “No such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism” was a balm for whatever it is you were doing that wasn’t ideologically kosher.
On the flip side, I’ve seen people blow up at one another over a political divide - even a purely rhetorical one (arguing whether Dark Elves or Orcs are a racist trope, complaining about the implications of Monopoly or Catan, getting on a high horse about a popular movie or song). The debate over whether “Let It Snow” condones date rape is a popular college age struggle session.
Eventually people just don’t want to hear it rehashed for the thousandth time.
On the flip side, I’ve seen people blow up at one another over a political divide - even a purely rhetorical one (arguing whether Dark Elves or Orcs are a racist trope, complaining about the implications of Monopoly or Catan, getting on a high horse about a popular movie or song). The debate over whether “Let It Snow” condones date rape is a popular college age struggle session.
Oh my god! Yes, you can look at orcs and goblins as racist tropes and stand ins, and those can be fun campaigns to run and explore alternative takes and deep reflective moments, but sometimes it’s just easier to say the group wants a kick-in-the-door style dungeon crawl and the enemies are evil.
Also, wasn’t the debate over ‘baby, it’s cold outside,’ not ‘let it snow?’
Excuse me, that was it
Ha! We all have moments in our old age like that. ;)
Also, we should all complain (or point out) the implications of monopoly, because it’s biggest sin is just being so boring.
Is this not a victim-blaming meme telling me to shut up and stay at home? The last domino is going to hit the rabbit.
I think it’s more something like if you don’t confront bigotry it’ll grow and eventually crush you.
Yeah, my first thought was that it’s a reference to how facism has grown by allowing people to discuss it in anonymous echo chambers.
Ah, OK I see that. I thought it also looked a bit like it would apply to the downward slope of social media and polarization of everyone into hate-filled groups where “no one is wrong.”
Thanks for explaining your perspective!
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Only if it’s a lesbian who dyes her hair.
The biggest part I had to cry abt was the Fox News anchor (probably Jesse Walter) saying she had pronouns in her social media profile so she of course is Antifa and a domestic terrorist for informing the public she was she/her. She is a martyr and we will remember her and all those ICE has killed
Yes! My FUCK ICE sticker has been inspiring conversations everywhere I go. Some folks on the highway tailgate me, shaking their heads, and drive by in a fit, staring at me. I smile warmly and give a thumbs up. My neighbors are all talking to me more openly. Little tiny things can definitely sow change. Do it. I don’t give two shits if someone keys my car, America is boiling.
Hah, bunny suicides.
Forgot about this book. Was a coffee table staple in my late teens.
So, I need to annoy people more is what i’m hearing?
Yes, but just annoy someone slightly taller than you. Then they will annoy someone slightly taller than them.
Edit: I apologize, I didn’t click to enlarge the graphic so I didnt see the words. All I saw was the picture of the bunny with the dominoes.
And I was reading down the comments and wondered why everyone’s getting political about this bunny-dominoes picture 🤣
This makes fuck all sense.
If people don’t speak about politics, nobody ever sees any criticism
I criticised the OP without mentioning politics at all.
I disagree
Then politics for you is a meaningless concept, and not the same one that people mean when they say “don’t talk about politics in [x]” (where x is never “public”, for the record).
Actually, it’s the other way around. I have a coherent and useful definition of politics, while most people are being manipulated by a harmful meme that shapeshifts its definition so it matches whatever they don’t personally like.
It’s not useful if it causes you to misunderstand people, which you obviously have done.
If your employer’s office policy is “no politics in working hours” are you able to not get fired?
I’m perfectly capable of understanding you, I simply disagree with you.
Domino effect surely
Butterfly: a rectangular playing piece with dots indicating the numbers to match.
Not to be confused with Dominoes, which is, of course, a pizza place.
A small silence can snowball fast — that’s the scary part of the dominoes. Quiet moments matter more than they seem.
