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Yeah, I know, not a good idea, but it's because some people just jump to conclusions about what you say and make you out to be a monster.
Don't like the war on drugs? YOU WANT PEOPLE TO RUIN THEIR LIVES!!! ELEVENTY!!!
Think Mothers Against Drunk Driving takes things too far sometimes? YOU'RE HEARTLESS! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DIED BECAUSE OF DRUNK DRIVING!!!
Don't like the TSA? YOU'RE ON THE TERRORISTS SIDE!!!
Don't think banning guns is the right course of action? YOU WANT ALL OUT ANARCHY!!!
To answer those questions.
-No, I don't want people to ruin their lives, which is why I don't want people to have a criminal record for smoking weed (a victimless crime). Yeah, that's going to help them find jobs and improve their lives!
-I do care. If I lost someone I cared about to drunk driving, I'd be homicidal. But that doesn't make MADD any less militant.
-No, I'm not on the terrorists side. I hate the terrorsts just as much as anyone else, but that doesn't mean I have to like the TSA's response for dealing with them.
-No, I don't want Anarchy and I certainly don't want another Sandy Hook. However, I'm not convinced that banning guns will prevent these kind of incidents. (I know the president doesn't want to ban all guns, but there are people who do and this is what it was directed at).
It's like there are only two sides for these people. The extremists on one side or the extremists on the other. There's never a third solution. And if you express any view that's contrary to what they believe, even if it's not extreme, you'll be labeled as the extreme ones.
Now I know this shit happens online (even here), but online it's easier to just walk away from the thread when things get too heated. You can't always do that IRL.
Don't like the war on drugs? YOU WANT PEOPLE TO RUIN THEIR LIVES!!! ELEVENTY!!!
Think Mothers Against Drunk Driving takes things too far sometimes? YOU'RE HEARTLESS! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DIED BECAUSE OF DRUNK DRIVING!!!
Don't like the TSA? YOU'RE ON THE TERRORISTS SIDE!!!
Don't think banning guns is the right course of action? YOU WANT ALL OUT ANARCHY!!!
To answer those questions.
-No, I don't want people to ruin their lives, which is why I don't want people to have a criminal record for smoking weed (a victimless crime). Yeah, that's going to help them find jobs and improve their lives!
-I do care. If I lost someone I cared about to drunk driving, I'd be homicidal. But that doesn't make MADD any less militant.
-No, I'm not on the terrorists side. I hate the terrorsts just as much as anyone else, but that doesn't mean I have to like the TSA's response for dealing with them.
-No, I don't want Anarchy and I certainly don't want another Sandy Hook. However, I'm not convinced that banning guns will prevent these kind of incidents. (I know the president doesn't want to ban all guns, but there are people who do and this is what it was directed at).
It's like there are only two sides for these people. The extremists on one side or the extremists on the other. There's never a third solution. And if you express any view that's contrary to what they believe, even if it's not extreme, you'll be labeled as the extreme ones.
Now I know this shit happens online (even here), but online it's easier to just walk away from the thread when things get too heated. You can't always do that IRL.
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