Subj : Re: Politics
To   : Andre Robitaille
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Mar 06 2022 01:08 pm

 AR> The problem with that concept is that the people who would spend time in
 AR> that echo have an identity politics problem... They can't bringing
 AR> politics, and usually being nasty to each other, into ever single
 AR> discussion.
 AR> 
 AR> I mean, if the rule was strict in every other echo except the politics
 AR> echo, maybe it would work? I dunno.
 AR> 
 AR>  
 AR> That ship sailed a few years ago. Seems like everyone I talked to in
 AR> Europe wanted to comment on US politics. I mean, come on... I'm an
 AR> American. I already don't care what other parts of the world think about
 AR> anything, much less what they think about my country. :-D
 AR> 
 AR> But now it's not just politics. It's social. And what seemed like heated
 AR> arguements before has now turned into every topic being an existential
 AR> crisis.
 AR> 
That is what I observe in Australia.  In an Australian online newspaper, people who comment, still still bring up Trump all the time.  Some people just want any excuse to push their ideology, to blame everything on Trump, or Biden.

I have seen the same elsewhere.  American politics is highly ideological, and it turns into an ideological, almost religious war.  People can't discuss politics without passing value judgements on the person.

While I would like a politics echo, there are people who will turn any objective sober analysis into something about Trump or Biden.

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