one cool thing about being outspoken is that people will periodically get mad at you for saying things
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I used to find it inexplicable that people were so timid about stating their thoughts but then I experienced the tradeoffs of doing so don't get me wrong, it benefits me a lot to speak my mind, but it also stochastically triggers people, including my friends
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I deleted a sad tweet from last night but I'm gonna repeat it here, given the context above: "pluralism until we actually disagree on something, okay whatever" it bums me out whenever I discover another person who only liked me when I didn't dissent from their orthodoxy
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly
1/ dovetails w something I was thinking of tweeting earlier today, but didn't: it's nice to just come out as a Christian, in public, bc everyone who's going to scorn you for that does so, and then once they do, you're free. Your brand already has that tag that lets the Brights >
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly
2/ etc scorn you as dumb, creepy, anti-intellectual, whatever-they-want-to-say, and then, once that bit is flipped, you can't lose any more status in their eyes, and so you're free.
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly
here in progtopia i know people who like me like me for me, and despite my right-wing nutjobbery. of course, there aren't many of them ;)
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conversely, i don't really have the luxury of only associating with the like-minded, which provides one with a lot of practice at tolerance, bridge-building, etc.
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and i guess tip-toeing around delicate subjects to try to find common ground
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Replying to @mr_archenemy @MorlockP
I've gotten quite good at just ignoring areas of disagreement, but sometimes the other person refuses to play ball =/
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @MorlockP
more common online, i'd imagine? so much easier to treat someone in a way you'd never consider face to face.
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please clap
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly
LOLLLLL sorry, didn't mean to be a dirk
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