Why are so many of my friends not discussing politics (at least by text or email)? I’m in a few group friend chats and

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is exactly why people choose to avoid discussing politics with friends.

The people who want to discuss have done nothing but insult those who choose not to engage. You are no different then my fox loving mother who has tried to bully me multiple times into engaging with her on politics.

+1. This forum - which I enjoyed much more during the first Trump presidency - is just not fun anymore because there is no longer any nuance of discussion. The conversations are shouted down with screams of MAGA any time any poster says something 100% not far left.

I only discuss politics with a few friends who I know have views most aligned with mine or have open minds.

I dont discuss politics with my conservative friends and my friends who are more n the far left, I can’t talk to them either about politics.

There is no longer nuance in politics, sweetie. If you are still trying to “both sides” what is going on right now, you are all in on fascism.

The lack of self-awareness on this thread is comical. You people are caricatures.

Oh no! The mouth breathing fascist apologist doesn’t respect me! However will I get through my day?!

Maybe you could use your time to come up with some fresh retorts for people who refuse to agree with you 100% on every issue. Nah, what am I saying… that’ll never happen. Yawn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

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People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is exactly why people choose to avoid discussing politics with friends.

The people who want to discuss have done nothing but insult those who choose not to engage. You are no different then my fox loving mother who has tried to bully me multiple times into engaging with her on politics.

+1. This forum - which I enjoyed much more during the first Trump presidency - is just not fun anymore because there is no longer any nuance of discussion. The conversations are shouted down with screams of MAGA any time any poster says something 100% not far left.

I only discuss politics with a few friends who I know have views most aligned with mine or have open minds.

I dont discuss politics with my conservative friends and my friends who are more n the far left, I can’t talk to them either about politics.

Same experience here. The screaming of “MAGA” at anyone who doesn’t 100% agree with them has become such a trope. I report those posters.
DP

I mean that’s how I feel about folks assuming anyone who is anti-Trump is a “leftist.” Goes both ways.

Hmm, I haven’t seen any unhinged posts saying, “F U leftist!” Have you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’ve been a DCUM politics forum devoted for a couple of years, you’ll know how the narrative of MAGA = low information evolved:

1. You make a statement of fact
2. MAGA makes a demand for a receipt
3. You, or another poster, provides one or more receipts
4. MAGA then changes the goal posts (what about X?)
5. You point this out
6. MAGA calls you an idiot or smug, out-of-touch elitist.

I would post my receipts for this claim here, but see above points 4-6. I’m no longer wasting my time.

All we have to do is change “MAGA” to “LWNJ” and the above points hold true. You want to blame one group of people without ever acknowledging the loons in the other group.

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Anonymous wrote:Just like at a work party don't talk about politics or religion

Can you talk about politics at a work party if it’s raided by ICE and your colleagues are kidnapped? Or would that be rude?

You’re really stretching here, aren’t you? So desperate to make people listen to your rants. Let us know how that’s going for you at your workplace.

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Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

+1
People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

“it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex.”

These are your words. You admitted that voting for Trump is an inevitable result of someone making you feel stupid.

We all know you’re not smart, but are you really so stupid that you don’t even understand the meaning of YOUR OWN WORDS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just like at a work party don't talk about politics or religion

Can you talk about politics at a work party if it’s raided by ICE and your colleagues are kidnapped? Or would that be rude?

That would mean the company is hiring illegally and violating the law

It might. It might also mean that a bunch of untrained high school dropouts heard a brown person speaking Spanish.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

+1
People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

“it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex.”

These are your words. You admitted that voting for Trump is an inevitable result of someone making you feel stupid.

We all know you’re not smart, but are you really so stupid that you don’t even understand the meaning of YOUR OWN WORDS?

Oh, honey. Where did I say that I voted for Trump? Nowhere. It’s pretty telling that you - of all people - are calling others stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP, you sound kind of obsessed and potentially unbalanced.

Most people - normal people - don’t want to have politics injected into every subject they discuss, even if they tend to agree. But discussions of kid’s sports, recipes, or pets don’t all need to devolve into rants about how much you hate Trump. There’s just no need for this.


It’s …….. boring.

How many subjects in your daily life do you think are devoid of “politics”?

Are most of you being deliberately obtuse because you love the current administration? Or are you actually this stupid?

I like to talk about:

My son’s wrestling matches this season and his Scouting activities.

My daughter’s artwork and her volunteering.

Baking and cooking.

Our two silly dogs.

The pet rescue I volunteer for.

Gardening and home outdoors.

Upcoming events in our church.

Vacation/travel plans in my circle of friends.

Work stuff.

What colleges our kids might be interested in.

Trying to figure out what car to get next.

What I’m currently binge watching.

The gym.

Any myriad other things….



None of which have anything at all to do with politics, but all of which I consider quite important and worth discussing with the various people I discuss them with.


I’m sorry you think that’s obtuse.


But I feel more sorry for you, because you have so little else going on in your life that you make a guy who doesn’t even know you exist the eye of your hurricane.


That’s so sad I can’t even imagine what that’s like. It makes me appreciate and realize how lucky I am to be so blessed.

You just said that scouting doesn’t have anything to do with politics so you are obviously too ignorant to understand this discussion.

You are a bad person with no redeeming qualities.

I hope God can reach you one day. I will pray for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP, you sound kind of obsessed and potentially unbalanced.

Most people - normal people - don’t want to have politics injected into every subject they discuss, even if they tend to agree. But discussions of kid’s sports, recipes, or pets don’t all need to devolve into rants about how much you hate Trump. There’s just no need for this.


It’s …….. boring.

How many subjects in your daily life do you think are devoid of “politics”?

Are most of you being deliberately obtuse because you love the current administration? Or are you actually this stupid?

I like to talk about:

My son’s wrestling matches this season and his Scouting activities.

My daughter’s artwork and her volunteering.

Baking and cooking.

Our two silly dogs.

The pet rescue I volunteer for.

Gardening and home outdoors.

Upcoming events in our church.

Vacation/travel plans in my circle of friends.

Work stuff.

What colleges our kids might be interested in.

Trying to figure out what car to get next.

What I’m currently binge watching.

The gym.

Any myriad other things….



None of which have anything at all to do with politics, but all of which I consider quite important and worth discussing with the various people I discuss them with.


I’m sorry you think that’s obtuse.


But I feel more sorry for you, because you have so little else going on in your life that you make a guy who doesn’t even know you exist the eye of your hurricane.


That’s so sad I can’t even imagine what that’s like. It makes me appreciate and realize how lucky I am to be so blessed.

DP. All of which are possible because you live in a country that until a year ago was governed by rule of law. It’s nice that you are grateful but you don’t seem to understand the connection between these things you value and having a democracy.

Consider this: how would you feel if someone high up in the Trump administration decided they wanted your house with its garden and kitchen that you enjoy. And that person kicked you out on some made up or exaggerated reading of the law. That’s what authoritarianism is. And that’s what is happening here. You don’t have to discuss it with anyone but you should be aware that “politics” is embedded in the very fabric of your life.

If someone in the Trump administration wanted my house, I guess they’d find a way to take it. As could someone in the next Democrat administration, if they wanted it. Wouldn’t be able to stop that either.



What is your point, exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP, you sound kind of obsessed and potentially unbalanced.

Most people - normal people - don’t want to have politics injected into every subject they discuss, even if they tend to agree. But discussions of kid’s sports, recipes, or pets don’t all need to devolve into rants about how much you hate Trump. There’s just no need for this.


It’s …….. boring.

How many subjects in your daily life do you think are devoid of “politics”?

Are most of you being deliberately obtuse because you love the current administration? Or are you actually this stupid?

I like to talk about:

My son’s wrestling matches this season and his Scouting activities.

My daughter’s artwork and her volunteering.

Baking and cooking.

Our two silly dogs.

The pet rescue I volunteer for.

Gardening and home outdoors.

Upcoming events in our church.

Vacation/travel plans in my circle of friends.

Work stuff.

What colleges our kids might be interested in.

Trying to figure out what car to get next.

What I’m currently binge watching.

The gym.

Any myriad other things….



None of which have anything at all to do with politics, but all of which I consider quite important and worth discussing with the various people I discuss them with.


I’m sorry you think that’s obtuse.


But I feel more sorry for you, because you have so little else going on in your life that you make a guy who doesn’t even know you exist the eye of your hurricane.


That’s so sad I can’t even imagine what that’s like. It makes me appreciate and realize how lucky I am to be so blessed.

It’s actually shocking that you think any of these subjects are devoid of politics, let alone all of them.

You are blessed that the adults in the room take care of you, allowing you to wallow in your blissful ignorance.

You are the reason your “friends” don’t discuss politics around you.


BTW - they’re not really your friends, either. They’re just too polite to tell you to eff off. And they probably get laughs at your expense, so they keep you around for entertainment. Like a Jester.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

+1
People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

“it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex.”

These are your words. You admitted that voting for Trump is an inevitable result of someone making you feel stupid.

We all know you’re not smart, but are you really so stupid that you don’t even understand the meaning of YOUR OWN WORDS?

Dp. You really missed the point there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

+1
People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

“it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex.”

These are your words. You admitted that voting for Trump is an inevitable result of someone making you feel stupid.

We all know you’re not smart, but are you really so stupid that you don’t even understand the meaning of YOUR OWN WORDS?

Oh, honey. Where did I say that I voted for Trump? Nowhere. It’s pretty telling that you - of all people - are calling others stupid.

Sorry, I should have said “one” - it was implied (first by you, then by me) but again, you are such a buffoon that you don’t grasp the meaning of your own statements.

I know you think I am just trying to insult you, but I sincerely find your lack of intelligence to be utterly mind-boggling. You say a thing and don’t even bother to refute it because you can’t comprehend that you said it or what it means. This is like an entirely new level of brain rot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst things to talk about are politics and religion. Why would you do this.

+1
People with no sense of decorum and/or who are delusional enough to think that everyone agrees with them are the only ones who bring up politics and religion. They suck the air out of everyone room they enter, including virtually.

More like there are a lot of low information people out there. Telling them something they don't know, makes them feel stupid. The more important the fact they don't know is, the stupider they feel for not knowing it.

Does that inspire them to become more informed? No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.

Decorum = not making people feel stupid

This country is doomed because anti-intellectual culture has seeped through and through. People would rather watch a tik-tok of a pretty face teaching them how to wick a candle than read a newspaper.

And once again, proving the point that you actually think people are unintelligent and uninformed if they choose not to engage with you. You’re clearly the smartest in all the land and only you know what’s best for the rest of us!
Honestly, I’ve been reading your garbage since well before 2016 and it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex. JFC.

You do realize that you have literally proved the PP’s point with the bolded? Don’t you?

“No - instead they bury their heads deeper and get mad at you for making them feel stupid.”

Huh? I refuse to engage with people who rant at me about politics. That doesn’t mean that I myself am not engaged, interested, and well-informed. I am. I just choose not to entertain hysterics. Which is why you’ve been muted on FB by people you think are hanging on your every word.

“it really is no wonder Trump was elected. Thanks for driving so many normal, sane voters away with your pathetic superiority complex.”

These are your words. You admitted that voting for Trump is an inevitable result of someone making you feel stupid.

We all know you’re not smart, but are you really so stupid that you don’t even understand the meaning of YOUR OWN WORDS?

Dp. You really missed the point there.

Oh do tell. What was the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly OP, you sound kind of obsessed and potentially unbalanced.

Most people - normal people - don’t want to have politics injected into every subject they discuss, even if they tend to agree. But discussions of kid’s sports, recipes, or pets don’t all need to devolve into rants about how much you hate Trump. There’s just no need for this.


It’s …….. boring.

How many subjects in your daily life do you think are devoid of “politics”?

Are most of you being deliberately obtuse because you love the current administration? Or are you actually this stupid?

I like to talk about:

My son’s wrestling matches this season and his Scouting activities.

My daughter’s artwork and her volunteering.

Baking and cooking.

Our two silly dogs.

The pet rescue I volunteer for.

Gardening and home outdoors.

Upcoming events in our church.

Vacation/travel plans in my circle of friends.

Work stuff.

What colleges our kids might be interested in.

Trying to figure out what car to get next.

What I’m currently binge watching.

The gym.

Any myriad other things….



None of which have anything at all to do with politics, but all of which I consider quite important and worth discussing with the various people I discuss them with.


I’m sorry you think that’s obtuse.


But I feel more sorry for you, because you have so little else going on in your life that you make a guy who doesn’t even know you exist the eye of your hurricane.


That’s so sad I can’t even imagine what that’s like. It makes me appreciate and realize how lucky I am to be so blessed.

It’s actually shocking that you think any of these subjects are devoid of politics, let alone all of them.

You are blessed that the adults in the room take care of you, allowing you to wallow in your blissful ignorance.

You are the reason your “friends” don’t discuss politics around you.


BTW - they’re not really your friends, either. They’re just too polite to tell you to eff off. And they probably get laughs at your expense, so they keep you around for entertainment. Like a Jester.

And yet, the statement stands. Every f—king inane activity in your blessed life is brimming with politics.

What do you think politics means?