People are becoming increasingly unhinged over politics. I've even encountered growing numbers of Europeans coming unglued over the US government's presidential selection charade. Mostly because of Trump.
It's crazy.
I've seen them insisting things that simply aren't true, but which they say their "independent, non-government" media (like, apparently, the BBC) have told them are true. Such as that Trump was charged with "insurrection" and would have been convicted and imprisoned for it if not for the Republican-controlled government.
Nothing like that happened, but they firmly believe it did. They "see" it so clearly.
When I suggest they've been misled, I'm called a "far-right MAGAt". This has happened so many times recently that it's become somewhat boring. I'm not "far-right" or even conservative, but I'm not insane, either.
It's not just that these people disagree. They are so frantic and hyperbolic in their disagreement that it looks like a mental issue rather than politics. But, perhaps (as I suspect) politics is a mental issue. That would explain a lot.
Be above politics. Stand for truth. Embrace reality, no matter how many call you nasty names for it. They are the crazy ones. They are the problem. They won't face it, but reality doesn't care what they accept. Reality is what it is, and it's not on their team.
May I request your support?
I feel your pain. Any time I mention some true but inconvenient fact about Trump or Harris, I get called a leftard Democrat or a MAGAt Republican. Sometimes both, depending on whose ox just got gored and in what way, and on whether my comment mentions that the two of them are a lot more like each other than either is like a normal human being.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost maddening.
DeleteBut, if you don't get called "Left" and "Right every day, sometimes in the same conversation, you're probably not doing anything worthwhile.
“But, perhaps (as I suspect) politics is a mental issue. That would explain a lot.”
ReplyDeleteIndeed, that explains it all. And not just a mental derangement but an ethical one also. How else can promoting more of a problem be seen as a solution to the problem except by insanity and evil?