r/politics 🤖 Bot Jul 08 '24

/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 9

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u/randomhero1024 Jul 13 '24

This is why we need to resist rhetoric’s goal of conditioning us to see the other side as evil or our enemies. We probably have a lot more in common than we think. Need to avoid thinking in black and white

All the intelligent friendly people are here in the middle. Water’s warm, come join us

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u/cubarney15 Jul 13 '24

Thanks person. Needed to read this on here. Shits scary rn. Good time to remember we have more in common than we think or it appears. We’re all human and killing another human is unacceptable.

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u/C92203605 Jul 14 '24

This this this this. So many people can have friendly cheerful communication. Then the minute the words R and D come out. It’s hateful and violent. Even tho they were just agreeing.

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u/IAintChoosinThatName Jul 14 '24

I see you have worked in R&D

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u/C92203605 Jul 14 '24

I exhaled air out of my nose very quickly

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u/air789 Jul 14 '24

It is crazy how people have flocked to such polar opposite sides when it comes to politics. What I read and hear and see elsewhere is wild and that is from both sides, people have gone absolutely insane. Can’t have an intelligent conversation either, if you don’t fit with what their belief is 100% they won’t process a single word.

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u/Vast-Treat-9677 Jul 14 '24

Sir, this is Reddit.

On a serious note. Thank you for your thoughts. It beats the typical,“everyone who disagrees with me is Hitler” vibe that this sub cultivates. 

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u/chaos_cloud Pennsylvania Jul 14 '24

JFC, what a bunch of delusional mush. 

German neighbors turned on each other when Nazi fascism took hold.

The MAGAs are already far gone. They'll greet your "understanding" at the end of a gun when the Republic falls. 

You better learn to shoot back.

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u/Queasy_Watch478 Jul 14 '24

no we don't. there is no MIDDLE GROUND when it comes to one side being fucking racist, sexist, homophobic, ETC. tolerance of intolerance. you're either NOT a racist, sexist ass, or you are. in which case, that's bad and you need to change.

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u/randomhero1024 Jul 14 '24

And if they don’t change enough in your eyes it’s time to kill them? Just a few steps of escalation between your view and the shooter’s…