Moderation Questions
The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic fa
Okay, but you spend your time talking to racist and hateful trumpers all day long on the internet.
No, I don't. I block them here. And I wouldn't say I spend my day doing that, even when I do bother engaging with them. Most of the time I engage it's to counter disinformation that is being shared publicly. That isn't the case with talking to my parents.
I have a blanket policy of not dealing with hateful racist Trumpers in my personal life, even if they are family. They are the ones that severed the family bond in the first place, anyway, not me, so there is nothing linking us together any stronger than any other random people anymore.
The last time I tried to take my dad out to eat he berated the waiter for doing a woman's job, called a lady at the table next to ours the N word, and started shouting at me out of the blue about climate change being a hoax (we weren't even talking about anything related, and I never talk about climate change with them or online).
He also handed me his phone and had me troubleshoot some webpage he was trying to use to listen to an audio stream from an ultra right wing propaganda website. Which I did and swore I was never going out to eat with him again. These are awful people and I'm not bringing my child around them ever again.
There is, and you do know now since I just told you there is.
did you happen to share with him your views on Covid and your election predictions?
supporters of the Democratic party and the United States of America getting sanctimonious and cutting off their family will never not be funny
No. I have a very strict policy of not talking to him about anything like that, and this was well before either of those things. Thanks for your interest, though. I wonder how long the line of people is waiting to tell me I'm wrong for not wanting racist, hateful people in my life is. Any more of you guys?
No. I have a very strict policy of not talking to him about anything like that, and this was well before either of those things. Thanks for your interest, though. I wonder how long the line of people is waiting to tell me I'm wrong for not wanting racist, hateful people in my life is. Any more of you guys?
the line is probably not as long as you imagine, or hope it to be
and yet to will argue with Brian James for eons. Bizarre.
the line is probably not as long as you imagine, or hope it to be
and yet to will argue with Brian James for eons. Bizarre.
Good. Thanks for showing up though. Knew I could count on you.
I used to argue with BJ and a literate person would have read where I already explained the difference. What's your excuse?
I don't argue with him anymore. Blocked him months ago.
On the other hand some parents should count themselves lucky that their spiteful small minded offspring have severed contact. Imagine being so consumed by political differences that you would never talk to your parents again. It amazes me that people take politics that seriously.
My dad was so physically violent with me as a child, a little girl, that the police came to our house more than once. Realizing he would be dangerous around my daughter as well was the breaking point. If you want to call that politics, go ahead because I don’t care. It took years of therapy to finally go no contact and I’m happy every day that I did.
BJ thinks racism, hate, and child abuse is politics. Color me shocked.
Lol at listening to the experts. Experts got just about everything wrong during covid.
There is no doubt that the "experts" got a ton wrong during the pandemic. What I never understood was the YouTube geniuses who were so convinced they were correct before what was correct could be known. I remember the idiots at my work telling me I would get "Mud blood" if I got the vaccine. Well! so far so good no mud blood. I'm not sure there has been a single "Mud blood" diagnosis. Also, what happened to "Mask face"?
My dad was so physically violent with me as a child, a little girl, that the police came to our house more than once. Realizing he would be dangerous around my daughter as well was the breaking point. If you want to call that politics, go ahead because I don’t care. It took years of therapy to finally go no contact and I’m happy every day that I did.
Sigh. Of course I don't call that politics. Physical abuse is absolutely a valid reason to not have contact with a parent or parents.
I would do the same in your shoes.
There is no doubt that the "experts" got a ton wrong during the pandemic. What I never understood was the YouTube geniuses who were so convinced they were correct before what was correct could be known. I remember the idiots at my work telling me I would get "Mud blood" if I got the vaccine. Well! so far so good no mud blood. I'm not sure there has been a single "Mud blood" dia
"Mud Blood". I haven't heard that one before.
Maybe they were referring to blood clots. There have been many examples of that occurring post vax.
"Mud Blood". I haven't heard that one before.
Maybe they were referring to blood clots. There have been many examples of that occurring post vax.
In the beginning there were a lot of crazy potential side effects the anti vaxxers were claiming would happen. There were some legit side effects for some like blood clots.
jfc getting a lot of deep insights into how broken most of 2p2 is
i'm sorry you went through that guys - wouldn't wish that on anyone
Okay, but you spend your time talking to racist and hateful trumpers all day long on the internet. Maybe there is good reason for you to cut off your parents. I woulsnt know. But i do know that it can be very beneficial and healthy to find positve ways to interact with people as imoetant as your parents. At least from my experiences. Id imagine a goos chunk of people cutti
this so much, extra emphasis on the bolded - very odd that's so triggering for you that you need to cut off your parents out of your life for it but then go make it a hobby to interact with people who feel the same way but are strangers
I like going to the zoo and watching the monkeys throw poop at each other, doesn't mean I'd want to have monkeys in my house.
Sure, that sounds lovely. But hating your dad and treating him like a zoo animal will certainly give you a sense of control, but building a cage out of anger doesn’t just keep him out, it locks you in as well.
People go through dark chapters, say awful things, and sometimes lose themselves, but cutting off the one person who is more you than anyone else on this planet should take a hell of a lot more than hearing him rant to some fox news talking points to strangers.
But this has definitely become the new rave, here and on up, but I do know that it will take more than political one liners for me to start axing my own fam.
this so much, extra emphasis on the bolded - very odd that's so triggering for you that you need to cut off your parents out of your life for it but then go make it a hobby to interact with people who feel the same way but are strangers
I don't know if that's the case, but if it was why would it be odd for your parent's behaviour to trigger things in you that a stranger's wouldn't?
No, I don't. I block them here. And I wouldn't say I spend my day doing that, even when I do bother engaging with them. Most of the time I engage it's to counter disinformation that is being shared publicly. That isn't the case with talking to my parents.I have a blanket policy of not dealing with hateful racist Trumpers in my personal life, even if they are family. They are th
fair enough. we disagree and we are vastly different people.
Omfg
He also handed me his phone and had me troubleshoot some webpage he was trying to use to listen to an audio stream from an ultra right wing propaganda website
Every man has his breaking point
I don't know if that's the case, but if it was why would it be odd for your parent's behaviour to trigger things in you that a stranger's wouldn't?
well for one... he thinks i'm a racist trumper as well and i'm neither... so we already know his radar is not objective
you can't change your parents and like them or not, that's an important bond even if you don't personally get along with them most of time or they are difficult to be around, you can even become a better person by recognizing some of the things they do that bothers you in yourself and then correct that behavior that you'd likely otherwise be blissfully unaware you did
i can't imagine how awful it would be to ever even consider breaking contact with them and outside of actual physical or sexual abuse i don't think that's ever the right decision to make
i'm sure there's more to it but it's super sad and depressing whenever you come across people who do things like "i'm never inviting my parents over for xmas again because they wanted to carve the turkey" and "my dad wouldn't get vaxxed so i cut him out of my life" or in this case "they are trumpers so f them"
I agree with him, and you are a deeply racist person. In fairness your definition of racism is limited to people using the N word and verbally abusing others because of their skin colour. Making sweeping negative generalisations about people from other places isn't racism, according to you.
its insane. I mean, you could just not talk politics with your family. or just bond over your shared love of murdering Muslims? like I am pretty sure your families are split between people who voted for Bush to murder kids in Iraq versus people who voted for Kamala to murder kids in Palestine. find the common ground guys.
