A lot has changed for me in the last year. I've gone from being a somewhat detached observer to a pretty committed SJW.
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I've lost much of the sense of light-heartedness, fun and good humor I had when I started. Politics now often makes me very unhappy.
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I also worry I'm losing my ability to communicate with the Right. I've watched one two many people get a little two cozy with people and...
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...ideas that I think are not just wrong but really characteristic of the worst politics human beings are capable of.
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So it's more of a struggle than ever to try to see the humanity in the other side, to avoid feeling like a combatant in a good v. evil fight
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But I still stand by my decision to leave the academic walls and try to engage populist ideas head on.
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It's going to take a lot more effort than when I started, but I want to try to keep the good humor, humanity, and debate alive
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This seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Reactionary madness breeds more. I've tried making that point to people but I'm not good at it.
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To suggest that he is an imbecile is to underestimate him. Is more than he looks, study it carefully and you will know how to beat him.
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This problem will not be resolved with shouts of frustration, but with earnestness and facts. And talk seriously with all parties involved.
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Current psychological research gives us little hope that facts will resolve anything.
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