Comment on A rant on left-wing online infighting
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
It’s not just online. Monty Python made a joke about this in Life of Brian back in the 70’s.
I’m not asking people to change their mind on what they think of a person because of an isolated good thing they do, but to at least acknowledge it as a good thing or add nuance describing what about it you like or don’t. I can accept saying “I don’t think this is a good thing in this circumstance”, “this person will not follow through with this thing I think is good thing because ___”, or “they are doing a good thing for wrong and selfish reasons” too. But to outright deny any support for an action because of a wildly extrapolated character judgement of the person doing it, when that user would support it otherwise, vexes me greatly.
Ah, but nuance isn’t very motivating to the vast majority of people. Ego and having an identity is, though, and some people also crave conflict. Thinking this way serves all three.
arendjr@programming.dev 5 days ago
As someone who’s literally currently writing a book/philosophy called Philosophy of Balance this one struck a chord 😅
But you are right, I’m burning a lot of time and energy on exactly this and I feel it makes people wary and skeptical of what’s wrong with me… When really, I don’t think anything is wrong with me now. Hasn’t always been like that though, so if I can help others ease their struggle by writing about my own, I think that’s worth it.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
I think the important thing, for those of us in the picture anyway, is to be more aware of why we do what we do. We’re not robots programmed to save the world; there’s always something else driving it.