I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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    Wait. How is it not politics when it has to do with governments? Is there some kind of language barrier going on with the the term “politics”?

    Yeah I didn’t think it was weird either. But I don’t appreciate sharing with people to have them throw it in my face.

    To some, it would sort of be like saying I don’t care what isis is doing or that girls in the middle east can’t go to school and honor killings are a thing in some places, cuz that’s politics.

    so that’s politics but not the tankie stuff that has to do with governments? This is the part that is like, really odd to me.

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      so that’s politics but not the tankie stuff that has to do with governments? This is the part that is like, really odd to me.

      Hmm I think you misunderstood me! I was giving an example of other things that might also be interpreted a certain way if it was being discussed and you said you’re not into politics.

      So, I mean yes, literally all that is politics. In a casual conversational sense though people usually mean they don’t follow the smaller stuff, elections and bills in congress and what the president is up to etc. Almost EVERYTHING is politics to some degree; gay marriage, education, drug use, mental health, wages, osha, privacy protection, healthcare, etc. When the context is about human rights violations/disenfranchise people it can come off cold and callous to say you don’t care about politics, essentially that you don’t care about people hurting. Especially online where the person you’re talking to could not have the luxury to not care because it impacts them or someone they love. It may be more accurate to say you don’t follow politics and so you were unaware.

      I hope that clarifies my explanation better!

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          Yeah cause one is what it means literally and the other is what it means within the context of a social situation.

          If we were in the middle of ww2 before America joined and you said you don’t care about politics when the subject of the war and holocaust was happening people could naturally be upset and offended by that.

          I mean, do you have any opinion at all on roe v wade being overturned?

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            I mean, do you have any opinion at all on roe v wade being overturned?

            yeah I wasn’t a fan of that happening.

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              Me either. In fact I would be pretty confused and angry if I was having a conversation about how much it sucks and then someone chimed in that they don’t care about politics. Confused and angry because don’t they know people who this hurts? Realize that it’s hurting children? AFAB who endured SA, including children??? Etc.

              Now if someone said I don’t pay attention to politics so I wasn’t aware of it and I’m not aware of any nuance of why it’s bad, that’s more understandable. Ignorance vs potential lack of empathy. That’s the difference between the two phrases and if you do care about some of these issues that happen to be political crosshairs rn, maybe now you can understand how that statement can be interpreted different ways based on context of the conversation and why you might want to adjust your phrasing if that is not the message you intended.

              Does it make sense now?