Yep it is a problem I agree. It would be great if everyone was ok with a diverse set of human characteristics and experiences and generally treated others with respect, but they are not and do not, so the other “side” is continually vocal in defense of respect and dignity.
The deep division rhetoric only really comes from one side, and that side can’t even functionally maintain the house when they control it.
There will never be a 2nd civil war (unless society collapses backwards out of the modern era) no matter how much randoms on the internet want one. You’ll never see more than domestic terrorism. Most Americans are just liberals trying to pay their rent.
Each side hates the “both sides” people even more than the folks they’ve allowed themselves to be convinced are their existential enemy so be careful being a reasonable person. That can earn you a vacation just as quickly as taking the wrong side.
One side just wants people to be respected and go about their daily lives without fanfare, and the other wants various groups of people to disappear and for the government to use levers of power to make it so we never hear about them.
But sure, being a “both sides” person is a reasonable middle ground. :rolls eyes:
Nah, I decided long ago that respecting other people, not being a jerk, and generally being tolerant of those that are different than me are qualities to aspire towards.
Blizzard doesn’t really eyeball this forum as a person who sits at the table and speaks to you, rather they have someone in the back just collecting data instead of making any human response.
Who am I to argue with someone that thinks they are always in the right and are accepting of everything other than people they’ve been convinced to hate?
Hate is when you vote for legislators who want to take rights away from specific groups.
If someone ran on wanting to outlaw GOP voter marriage, I’d think they were insane and need to shove off. There is a large voting bloc whose policy is literally “make the libs cry.” That is what hate looks like.
Im on team “don’t be a jerk, respect others”. If you think people like me are that way just to “hate” on an opposition side, you don’t understand what we’re talking about.
“I’m on team good guys, you are on team bad guys, and everyone that doesn’t conform entirely is on team ‘bOtH sIdEs’.” Isn’t a viewpoint that will ever find compromise, so like I said, not going to argue with it.
I’m pretty sure you are aware of the attempts to rewrite school curriculums, ban books from libraries and reading lists etc, in an effort for people to be less informed about historical racial injustices, as one example.
Not that any elementary school children were ever going to learn about “CRT” anyway, since it’s a topic taught in law school / college…
But nevertheless the fake astroturfed outrage over the possibility led to some school districts caving and opting to remove discussion of age appropriate topics and actual historical events and figures.
Like I said, I’m on team “let’s respect other people”.
If you find that is just one “side” who is equally unreasonable as the people who want to treat others with disrespect, (or to bully them to disappear back into the proverbial closets of society), then I don’t know what else there is to say.
Your point? The ‘other side’ could just as easily argue religious texts are being removed/banned from libraries. Doesn’t sound very respectful to religious people, especially if you’re on ‘team let’s respect other people’.
So no, I don’t think there is “one side” only that is unreasonable.