ezetaurus(dom male)
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5 years ago •
Jul 3, 2019
5 years ago •
Jul 3, 2019
As I am late to this party, I can see that reading through this thread that the comments have ebbed and flowed as they always seem to do when today’s politics are brought up. What started off as a real question (no matter how “dumb” some thought it) has now reached the point of the current standbys that can be found in any discussion board or social media comment section. “Fake News”, “You’re Wrong, I’m Right”, “You took what I said out of context”, Snowflake, liberal, neo-Nazi, Trump supporter (or anti-supporter), anti-Obama, and of course the rest of the “insert other stupid or silly name calling or comment crap.
First off, to the OP. I always “love”, (when I say love, I mean WTF) when someone starts a post they know is a bomb just waiting to go off, when a post starts off along the lines of “I am not trying to be political” or “I’m not going to talk politics” but then starts a political discussion. That is just like me saying, “I am not going to ask your opinion, but Coca Cola or Pepsi?” I have found that when someone says that, it is just there way of giving themselves a BS excuse to, at some point, say “Hey I didn’t want to talk about this. It’s not my fault this discussion is going on”. At least own it that you wanted this discussion. If you didn’t you wouldn’t have started it and added that tagged “I don’t talk politics” line.
Second, as some have said, choosing not to get into a relationship with someone who has a different political view is completely reasonable. I mean, read a profile and if it’s okay for people to say things like: no blood, no body fluids, wax, etc. Is it really out of the realm of possibilities that political views could be a factor for people? Aren’t there people here looking for something else besides an one-night/session type of thing? Isn’t it important to know what and how a potential future partner (or more) thinks and feels about something as important as political viewpoints?
While I am sure there are some profiles that mean it, I do not think that the majority of the people who post “pro-trump or anti-trump” in their limits are saying that they will not talk to someone with that view point. I think it rather means that they will not form a D/s or other serious relationship with someone with that viewpoint. After all those relationships are based on trust and understanding and if this thread is any proof, today’s political pot is boiling over all over the place. In today’s political pot, we have all been tossed, turned, and whipped into a frenzy. Even the smallest thing tends to rage out of control.
OP, you have just as much right to your own opinions and thoughts - about anything. But so does everyone who voiced their own opinions against it. It is as much their right as it is yours. Just like it is your right to have a different opinion to theirs.
Everyone who is attacking her for her own opinions. No matter how different they are, they are hers and she has just as much right to them as you do to yours. The nice thing about that old Bill of Rights and that First Amendment, it protects everyone's right to their own opinions. And for the record, I am a left-leaning moderate and classify myself as an Independent. Extreme views on either side are dangerous. Nothing ever gets done. It’s all about beating the other side today and there is no longer compromise and working for what is good for the general population. Both sides are guilty of this.
Soulweaver, and any other veteran, thank you for your service. I am very thankful for your service and appreciate the freedoms that you have defended along with your brothers and sisters in the services. Your insights and opinions carry a lot of weight with me since you did put it on the line. Again, thank you very much.
In the end, no one is going to change the other person’s mind. That much is clear. But can we at least agree that everyone has the right to their own opinion and leave it at that. Do we really need this to continue and just turn into an all out mud slinging contest? Do not lower yourselves to the level you feel the other side is. Be the bigger person and step back and agree to disagree.
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