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My life is a parody (hexbear.net)
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I met a guy in a bar, and they asked me why the democrats lost (we don't live in the US)

I replied with something along the lines of "because they didn't condemn the genocide in Gaza" and they responded with "isn't that hypocritical? The left claims to be against antisemitism"

I tried to explain the usual antizionism isn't antisemitism, but before I finished they responded with "but we have to give the [antisemitic slur] something"

I had to leave for my turn on the karaoke, but after that they came up to me apologizing and explaining how they hate both sides

I don't want to live in a shitty web comic

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure that's really "crafting opinions out of thin air" like you say, or is that more just crafting public-facing opinions out of thin air? Because I'd think that someone saying whatever they think is socially appropriate in order to avoid confrontation, that that doesn't really preclude having genuine opinions, even if underdeveloped and unstable — it just means that their ideology sees the avoidance of social confrontation as the highest priority.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying and i wish I had the same faith in the other adults in my life. I'm not ruling out the possibility that I'm being unfair but it's hard to imagine mike at work has thought about the middle East even one time in the last month

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, you're probably right