speaking of right wingers…
At least one of my classes seems to be chock full of them. Pro-death penalty, anti-choice and who knows what else besides. There are a few other classmates who seem to be a bit more moderate but I appear to be the only flaming lefty liberal.
Whatever happened to college campuses being hotbeds of Marxists, and all that? Maybe they are and it’s just that online education attracts more on the right, or something.
Anyway, other than correcting a few zombie lies (like the “morning after” pill is an abortion pill), I mostly stayed out of last week’s more controversial discussions. I spent years in chat rooms and other places eviscerating right wing arguments (and making people look stupid – or, actually, just putting their stupidity on the table for all to see). I was quite good at it; as one friend put it, something to the effect that “[Nanette], with a smile, rips their heart out and hands it to them, still beating” but… I don’t like being like that, much. It wears on you. Or it did on me. So, I left the political chats and just hung out with friends.
At this point in time I consciously avoid conservatives, right wingers, (some feminists) etc. Not because I am some Pollyanna or anything – it’s just that I feel my focus needs to be on different things. Nourishing stuff, so that’s what I look for now.
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