• Poob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I don’t give a shit about personal beliefs, I care about outcomes. Republicans’ desired outcomes actively hurt people I care about, so I can absolutely tell them to fuck off. Even if they don’t “believe in everything,” they are indifferent enough to let horrible things happen.

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      1 year ago

      I think what is important is the accusations that you are making. Everyone (Nazis, Republicans, Democrats, Communists, etc) are people. They may be sick, decrepit, evil people, but they are people non the less and they still react like people. If you call a republican who hates Nazi’s a Nazi, they will ignore you thinking you to be an idiot incapable of even understanding the roots of their values. Why not just leave it at “A lot of republican policies have a grave harm to the american people. They impoverish the impoverished, enrich the rich, lead to countless avoidable deaths, and even though not intended to target LGBTQ+ people, they gravely effect these communities and their members. I think it is unwise to vote republican given their current methods of governance”. This will accurately describe the negatives of this party, you could go on to better explain the pitfalls of many of their policies, and you would do so in a way that a republican voter won’t go home and say “I ran into this crazy woke person who called me a Nazi for no reason. I don’t hate people because of who they love or who they are. I may vote “anti-LGBT” because I don’t think are children should be abused with books displaying sexual acts between men.” (Note in case you think I support that sentence, I hated writing it. I’m just quoting republicans that I’ve heard from, because I think it displays how they think). This would prevent the senseless “DEMOCRATS WOKE AND BAD” mentality that most republicans have, because a lot of democrats like to just label them, instead of engage in their thought processes and encourage them to grow as people. Their is a great quote that I try to live my life by “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”.

    • mcc@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Oh you don’t give a shit about personal beliefs? You the kind who thinks a king is better than a democracy? Because democracy is all about personal beliefs, and convincing your fellow citizens of what you think is right.