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People on this site like to mindlessly parrot the “we’ve become too partisan and divided these days” narrative, but what are they actually proposing?

Oh wait…

https://twitter.com/rottenindenmark/status/14326439023229255...

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Not picking on you, but...for how little sense this makes to me, it's practically an inside joke.

Between not having any idea who the participants are, and the horrid experience of reading Twitter (I presume the intended reading order is quoted tweet > tweet > text in picture?), I have absolutely no idea what the fuck is going on. Nor can I be bothered to care for something so irrelevant.

Twitter "discourse" is like a virus, infecting everything it touches.

Twitter can be hard to parse, but it's not impossible to understand. If you're having trouble understanding it, you could ask or just not comment? This feels like the equivalent of replying to an argument with "you're"

> If you're having trouble understanding it, you could ask or just not comment?

Respectfully, I think the onus is on you to add some context. The tweet doesn't contribute much to the discussion otherwise.

The quoted tweet is... kind of stupid.

I assume the op must just be a fan of this particularly person and thinks its related. It basically is an inside joke.

> Nor can I be bothered to care for something so irrelevant.

How is it irrelevant? The highlighted quote in the article excerpt says 'Kauffmann claimed that the instance of female students refusing to date Trump supporters provides evidence of "progressive authoritarianism"' which seems extremely on-topic to me.

Hobbs is a gem. I just listened to the episodes on Political Correctness (#123) and Cancel Culture (#125). So good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_Wrong_About

FWIW, my SO voted for Trump. We just don't talk about politics, and somehow manage to make it work.

Those episodes were fantastic. It really shows how commentators latch on to the optics of the situation rather than the actual substance of what's trying to be addressed.

"We agree date rape is bad, but someone threw together a kinda-cringy powerpoint when trying to address it, so I guess we should do nothing"

That is an offensive, inaccurate and entirely unproductive comment.

We are proposing a wide range of changes that would break or weaken the hold of the two party system in America. Our political system of pure winner takes all regional representation in partisanly gerrymandered districts strongly encourages negative partisanship and decreases the actual voice that voters have in how their country is run.

You can do that and also not date people who are against LGBT rights?

Sure, if you think that'll help. Or what you must do for your own sanity. I get it. I have friends who are in very tough spots who have had to make hard choices. I can't and won't judge any one else's life choices. We're all a little bit confused, exhausted, anxious, and maybe even a bit insane. And just trying to do the best we can. Even my crazy uncle who forwards me emails about liberals like me destroying real America.

Honestly, the 2016 presidential broke me. Then around 2018 I decided my relationships were more important than being right. For instance, it was our turn to do eldercare (and other family emergencies), so I had to cooperate with my family. Because that's what's best for our mom. I definitely iced out the more toxic individuals (eg "Obama's a Muslim!") who just wanted to fight.

Ask me again in 10 years, after our mom's passed, if I made the right choice.

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