Bad person/people

[We Never Know]

-If you're religious, you support religion
-If you're gay, you support homosexuality
-If you're atheist, you support atheism
-If you're republican, you support the right
-If you're democrat, your support the left
-If you're transgender, you support transgenderism(yes its a word)
-If you're......etc

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Its life. It won't get any better. In my opinion it will get worse.

 

[JustGeorge]

And if you're a neutral party, both sides think you're a bad person...

 

[lewisnotmiller]

-If you're religious, you support religion
-If you're gay, you support homosexuality
-If you're atheist, you support atheism
-If you're republican, you support the right
-If you're democrat, your support the left
-If you're transgender, you support transgenderism(yes its a word)
-If you're......etc

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Its life. It won't get any better. In my opinion it will get worse.

I think supporting your own positions is fine...after all, you have a more nuanced understanding of them, and you hold them for a reason, one would hope.

Demonizing others, or thinking everything is a binary us or them choice is what I find problematic.

 

[The Hammer]

-If you're religious, you support religion
-If you're gay, you support homosexuality
-If you're atheist, you support atheism
-If you're republican, you support the right
-If you're democrat, your support the left
-If you're transgender, you support transgenderism(yes its a word)
-If you're......etc

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Its life. It won't get any better. In my opinion it will get worse.

Idk.

See I don't see "lack of support" as necessarily being a "lack of respect". I don't like or support certain things/groups/people. But I don't see that as a free pass to be disrespectful, or unfair to them.

 

[John53]

I support those who don't support others.

 

[King Phenomenon]

If youre an idiot youll agree with this post. haha

 

[lewisnotmiller]

And if you're a neutral party, both sides think you're a bad person...

Often both sides think you're of the other side, imho.

 

[HonestJoe]

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Why would you assume someone is a "bad person" because they support different things? How "good" or "bad" a person is is generally based on motives rather than conclusions. It's perfectly possible for someone to reach different conclusions with good motives, either due to honest misunderstanding or legitimate difference of opinion.

 

[JustGeorge]

Often both sides think you're of the other side, imho.

This is what I've found, too.

 

[We Never Know]

Why would you assume someone is a "bad person" because they support different things? How "good" or "bad" a person is is generally based on motives rather than conclusions. It's perfectly possible for someone to reach different conclusions with good motives, either due to honest misunderstanding or legitimate difference of opinion.

I agree. Many times its doesn't work that way. Plenty of examples can be seen on forums.

 

[SomeRandom]

-If you're religious, you support religion
-If you're gay, you support homosexuality
-If you're atheist, you support atheism
-If you're republican, you support the right
-If you're democrat, your support the left
-If you're transgender, you support transgenderism(yes its a word)
-If you're......etc

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Its life. It won't get any better. In my opinion it will get worse.

Support as in support rights for said groups?
Or support as in partaking in them?

I mean, isn’t that a bit like saying, you can only support interracial marriage if you’re mixed race?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Support as in support rights for said groups?
Or support as in partaking in them?

I mean, isn’t that a bit like saying, you can only support interracial marriage if you’re mixed race?

Also ignores the fact that many religious people support their own religion only. Not religion in general.

 

[We Never Know]

Support as in support rights for said groups?
Or support as in partaking in them?

I mean, isn’t that a bit like saying, you can only support interracial marriage if you’re mixed race?

"isn’t that a bit like saying, you can only support interracial marriage if you’re mixed race?

Nope. As I said some can support a few

 

[We Never Know]

Also ignores the fact that many religious people support their own religion only. Not religion in general.

Didn't figure I needed to list every single one separately for anyone to understand but that could fall under
"If you're .... etc"

 

[danieldemol]

If youre an idiot youll agree with this post. haha

I agree... d'oh

 

[Truth in love]

-If you're religious, you support religion
-If you're gay, you support homosexuality
-If you're atheist, you support atheism
-If you're republican, you support the right
-If you're democrat, your support the left
-If you're transgender, you support transgenderism(yes its a word)
-If you're......etc

Probably not anyone will support all of the above. Maybe a few but not all. Therefore everyone is a bad person to someone for not supporting what they support.

Its life. It won't get any better. In my opinion it will get worse.

We have a choice

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Didn't figure I needed to list every single one separately for anyone to understand but that could fall under
"If you're .... etc"

Didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing...I think there is some value in the broad point you're making. Just not quite that straight forwards, imo.

 

[Stevicus]

And if you're a neutral party, both sides think you're a bad person...

Yes, or if one tries to see both sides in an argument. If it's a polarizing issue, then there are those who have an attitude of "those who are not with us are against us."

 

[We Never Know]

Yes, or if one tries to see both sides in an argument. If it's a polarizing issue, then there are those who have an attitude of "those who are not with us are against us."

"if one tries to see both sides in an argument. If it's a polarizing issue, then there are those who have an attitude of "those who are not with us are against us."

^^^^^^^ this^^^^^^^

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Yes, or if one tries to see both sides in an argument. If it's a polarizing issue, then there are those who have an attitude of "those who are not with us are against us."

I often find the idea that there are 2 sides to a story kinda funny, since it seems to lead to people discounting the third, fourth or fifth side.