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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 32 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Daft_ish has got a real problem if they're that outraged by the mod's response. I've seen plenty of powertriping arseholes to be mad at in my time, but this isn't it.

US politics, including about the ICE murders, is spoken about more than enough across the English speaking internet.

I know as much about current US politics as I do my own country's politics, because you can't get away from it without blocking most posts on here.

Which is to say that some of us would just like to have a space to NOT talk or think about politics, including US politics.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Which is to say that some of us would just like to have a space to NOT talk or think about politics, including US politics.

Inb4: "You're just privileged enough not to have to think about it."

No, I just want a brief goddamn respite every once in a while, everybody deserves that. Just because I want to be able to escape into a fantasy world sometimes doesn't mean that I never talk about politics either, it's like cheating on your diet, just let me have a fucking cookie every now and again ffs!

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 hours ago

This 100%. I care about politics. I deeply care about what's happening with our country.

But I've had to pare down the places where I see it. I've stopped watching Last Week Tonight because it makes me feel so powerless on what I have control over. I absolutely love the show but I just....can't anymore.

I'm acting locally, participating in whatever protests I can, calling and emailing my reps as often as I can.

But man...the right's "flood the zone" works effectively and I can't just keep burning out.