Things would appear that were replies to sentences long scrolled off the screen, and remembering the exact context was next to impossible for me. Folks like you and I who need a moment to gather our thoughts just had no chance. I don't know how the others did it.
Exactly. It's not how I think. I tried it in more than one location, and it never worked. The video game company that I worked for was into them. (I kept getting lost.)
Discussing politics is very similar to discussing religion, or so I've found - it's not rational. I find myself fighting with someone's perceptions of how they think the world should be or is, in their heads. A person that I spoke with today put it very well -- he said that often he thinks people are projecting their own fantasies onto the candidate, not seeing the reality. He tutors a bunch of Syrian refugees in Pennsylvania. None can vote, but they are all supporting the candidate who wants to deport them. Which is mind boggling, except when you realize that candidate fits their cultural ideal, and they can't get past that. So it's impossible to discuss it with them. You are fighting their beloved fantasy. Religion is similar -- it's someone's deeply held beliefs and values, ingrained, and emotional.
I'm streaming Longmire on Netflix to avoid them. FB is still problematic, but at least everyone I friended on FB either agrees with me, or doesn't discuss politics.
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Date: 2016-11-06 11:53 pm (UTC)Exactly. It's not how I think. I tried it in more than one location, and it never worked. The video game company that I worked for was into them. (I kept getting lost.)
Discussing politics is very similar to discussing religion, or so I've found - it's not rational. I find myself fighting with someone's perceptions of how they think the world should be or is, in their heads. A person that I spoke with today put it very well -- he said that often he thinks people are projecting their own fantasies onto the candidate, not seeing the reality. He tutors a bunch of Syrian refugees in Pennsylvania. None can vote, but they are all supporting the candidate who wants to deport them. Which is mind boggling, except when you realize that candidate fits their cultural ideal, and they can't get past that. So it's impossible to discuss it with them. You are fighting their beloved fantasy. Religion is similar -- it's someone's deeply held beliefs and values, ingrained, and emotional.
I'm streaming Longmire on Netflix to avoid them. FB is still problematic, but at least everyone I friended on FB either agrees with me, or doesn't discuss politics.