Today, my class had a meeting with a representative of our state, encouraging us to "attempt to politely engage with people who disagree with you." Not even an hour later, I saw an image on social media comparing a prominent political figure to Satan. How the fuck am I supposed to engage with someone like that? FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I got paper thrown at me because I didn't agree with my classmate's conspiracy theory that Brian Griffin's death was planned by the illuminati. FML
Today, I lost a second friend to QAnon conspiracy theories. Worst yet, he started messaging everyone I know on Facebook, telling them I'm a hypocrite who doesn’t “do his research.” Those who don’t now think he was my gay lover believe we were lab partners. What do I do with that? FML
Today, I had to sit and listen to a coworker tell me about how disappointed she is her daughter is a lesbian and wondering if anyone still does those "pray it away" camps. I work in HR so I couldn’t even call her an evil, bigoted witch, because I know I’m the one who’d lose my job. FML
Today, I was once again berated by an idiotic parent. I’ve been called a filthy liberal, a groomer, and had my job threatened several times. All of this because I was teaching second graders about pronouns. You know, the part of English grammar that replaces a noun. Nothing political at all. FML
Today, I had a dentist appointment. While waiting, I pulled out my Cosmo magazine to entertain myself. The woman sitting across from me points and tells me I'm reading "Satan's Manual." I told her I don't believe in Satan. She said, "You'll know he's real when you become his bitch!" FML
Today, I introduced my two crazy friends who are both into QAnon to each other. It went so poorly that now they fight online over who has better facts, and they both complain to me about the other. FML
Today, during my religion class, my instructor decided to use the state of the class's cars as a metaphor for our relationship with God. When I told him my car had been totalled in an accident last week, he yelled at me for being an "agent of Satan." One class down, 59 to go. FML
Today, I was called everything from a communist to a nazi to a national traitor for suggesting that kids shouldn’t be forced to recite the pledge of allegiance at school until they’re old enough to truly understand what it means. Someone even threatened to kick my ass for speaking up. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
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IHaveThePower 18
'Disagree' means 'I want the nation to run functionally and people to have basic needs met; I just prefer X policy over Y where possible'. You're talking about people who are incompatible with reality. Not the same thing.
RichardPencil 32
With a crucifix and a bottle of holy water repeating the phrase, "The power of Christ compels you." Was it one of those QAnon *****? I've really had to cut back on my shape-shifting ever since those ******* blabbed our secret!
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RichardPencil 32
With a crucifix and a bottle of holy water repeating the phrase, "The power of Christ compels you." Was it one of those QAnon *****? I've really had to cut back on my shape-shifting ever since those ******* blabbed our secret!
IHaveThePower 18
'Disagree' means 'I want the nation to run functionally and people to have basic needs met; I just prefer X policy over Y where possible'. You're talking about people who are incompatible with reality. Not the same thing.
Grizz8831 14
One of the biggest lies I was taught is "all opinions should be respected". NO, some opinions are absolute nonsense. I don't mean they are just wrong and can learn from a mistake, I mean they are so far off reality it makes more sense to ignore them as if they do not exist...
1known 34
Was the representative the prominent political figure? Who is someone?
bnapier 18
You know why most websites seem to have a majority liberal bias? Because most liberals have free time to bitch about society from mothers basement. Conservative minded people tend to have jobs supporting the libs. Off to work I go ❄️
Marcella1016 32
How many days, nights, and weeks were those right wing “Freedom Convoy” truckers camped out and blowing their horns 24 hours a day in downtown Ottawa again?
BurnInDemonFire 39
You know who doesn't have a job? Donald Trump Sr. Although granted, he's not so much a conservative as he is a massive delusional dumbass toddler surrounded by sycophants trying to make sure they stay rich and avoid prison.
core01 30
EVERY republican i know doesn't have a job. Either lives off their wife's job or government programs. Utterly incapable of seeing the irony in their "libs are lazy. Socialism bad" rhetoric
Marcella1016 32
People have asked me in other comments/FMLs why I get so viscerally angry in political disagreements. This is why. You can only see that shit for so long before you snap. I recognize that when I do it, I’m no better than the other side, but I’m sick of taking the high road. I can’t wait till shit evens out again. But between mainstream media and social media, I can’t see these fires dying down. Billionaires profit from stoking the flames. I don’t know what the solution is, and it makes me sad for both our present and our future.
BurnInDemonFire 39
Why do you need to? If you don't know them and don't want to engage them, don't make it so.