It took you a lot of words to say “but sometimes it can be hard to vote”. We all know that, but it’s still your job as a citizen to overcome those obstacles. If you don’t figure out a way to do so then it’s only going to get worse. You can call that mean or apathetic or whatever other descriptor you like but it isn’t going to change the situation. Voting could though.
I’m not sure what that weird instance gatekeeping rant was about. Seems like the whinging of the terminally online to me but maybe I’m missing something.
OK, but what’s the alternative? All I see is people making excuses for doing nothing and I don’t see how that helps anything. People need to vote in spite of the difficulties, not feel better about not voting because it’s not as easy as it should be.
This isn’t the god damn care bears. Empathy is not going to fix this problem. Voting is the only thing that will. If pointing that out makes me an asshole then I’ll happily accept that label. It’s better than whatever fatalistic psychotherapeutic nonsense you’re trying to peddle. Actions solve problems, not good vibes. Pull your head out of your ass.
empathy is just the start; it’ll help you realize why things are fucked and you can take meaningful action from there.
i used to be like you and it wasn’t until the anti-gay, anti-immigrant and anti-student laws fucked my life hard that i developed that sense of empathy that i’m imploring you to develop before things get worse for all of us.
It took you a lot of words to say “but sometimes it can be hard to vote”. We all know that, but it’s still your job as a citizen to overcome those obstacles. If you don’t figure out a way to do so then it’s only going to get worse. You can call that mean or apathetic or whatever other descriptor you like but it isn’t going to change the situation. Voting could though.
I’m not sure what that weird instance gatekeeping rant was about. Seems like the whinging of the terminally online to me but maybe I’m missing something.
I mean, your view is fucked, but they come from .ml so I wouldn’t put much into their gatekeeping
OK, but what’s the alternative? All I see is people making excuses for doing nothing and I don’t see how that helps anything. People need to vote in spite of the difficulties, not feel better about not voting because it’s not as easy as it should be.
It is literally made difficult on purpose and you are excusing it
If that’s what you think I’m saying then you’re not listening at all
You are just telling people to get over it. It isn’t productive, yet you are requesting a productive response
You don’t know how to read without injecting your own bullshit into the material
the entirety of my response is summed up by practicing empathy for other people and it’s clear you lack that empathy from you response.
i recommend that you give empathy a try to help dislodge your callousness so that things can improve for humanity.
This isn’t the god damn care bears. Empathy is not going to fix this problem. Voting is the only thing that will. If pointing that out makes me an asshole then I’ll happily accept that label. It’s better than whatever fatalistic psychotherapeutic nonsense you’re trying to peddle. Actions solve problems, not good vibes. Pull your head out of your ass.
empathy is just the start; it’ll help you realize why things are fucked and you can take meaningful action from there.
i used to be like you and it wasn’t until the anti-gay, anti-immigrant and anti-student laws fucked my life hard that i developed that sense of empathy that i’m imploring you to develop before things get worse for all of us.