I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything except for to stop getting off topic. And to not call everyone Nazis just because they didn't suck your dick, take the abuse, and ask for more after.

I am not talking about actual Nazis. There are plenty of those fucks in the areas I live in already. I'm talking about this black and white thinking that if someone thinks ...I dunno - something innocuous like "Spending 200k on an Anthony Fauci Museum probably isn't warranted"; and you blast off and immediately start lobbing accusations that they're secretly a Trump supporter.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

OK so in case my message wasn’t clear, it was that it doesn’t make much sense to criticize how people make everything about sides, then immediately follow that with “now let me tell you why YOUR side is to blame.”

It can lead people reading to think that you are either a conservative who doesn’t want to admit it, or are a so-called “enlightened centrist.”

But honestly, it sounds like this is about your personal experiences with assholes online. And obviously yes, people should not make assumptions about your opinions and definitely not be assholes about it.

One thing to note though, is that people who are very active in political discussions may have heard certain arguments many times before. They may already consider them debunked or they may know of some bad faith origins in the argument. This does NOT excuse their behavior, but it might you help make sense of why people jump down your throat on certain issues. (Which again they should not do)

Edit to add: The underlying problem here IMO is the artificial “bundling” of ideas you get with a two-party system. It’s why I’ve always refused to register for a political party.