@orcrist @Cris_Color You needn't be unkind to have integrity, and if your ideas aren't at least considered without force, they're probably wrong.
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orcrist@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
No. Kindness is often a tool for conservatives to maintain power. It’s important, but integrity is more important.
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 2 weeks ago
MITM0@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The world is not America, buddy.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Uh… Complimenting peoples art and having sincere discussions about what you think and why with folks on Lemmy grants conservatives power?
I get that lots of folks are frustrated with the constant liberal compromising but a) that’s not “kindness” and b) that’s not what I’m saying you do. This post isn’t about telling people they should approve of Nazis. Its about building a healthy culture, here, in this online space, that facilitates positive interactions worth having.
I wish you and the others who commented along those lines could appreciate how exhausting this is as a person literally just saying we should be kind to the people we share this space with.
Look around. Basically every person here is left of center. I’m left of center. You don’t have to be combative with me just because we don’t exactly agree on everything.
Kindness is not a malicious conservative plot, nor is that what this post was about. And on that note, I clearly need to step away because in the same way that a lot of people’s emotions are high, mine are too now and I’m loosing my ability to engage with people in the way that I want to.
Take care, and I hope you have a good night/day