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Maybe liberals just care more about their community? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree. And it goes the other way too. All the posturing by ICE and the AI-generated ragebait from the whitehouse, all just screams "what would I hate." They're making really bad moves, unable to understand how others think, feel, or make decisions. We could double-reverse-uno this situation and ask ourselves "what would they think we think?" It could change everything.

and a lot less afraid of engaging with people we’ve been taught to fear and hate.

I think we're all in more trouble with that than we may realize.

I encountered an instigator on Saturday. I found myself catapulted into a cyclone of rage all because of what he chose to wear: all pro-trump gear. Not because of what he was doing, which was next to nothing, nor what he was saying which was honestly not all that rage-inducing. I couldn't think, I couldn't engage creatively, I couldn't demonstrate effectively, my empathy went right out the window. I just stood there, fuming and stun-locked. And that was one guy. It's not like me, and I didn't used to be like this.