The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Scribe]

Wild to watch someone get told they are wrong, when if what they were 'wrong' about was something else, every person doing so would be infracted.

2023 begins.

 

[overgeeked]

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

I think that might be one of my top 5 perfect movies.

 

[RealAlHazred]

"Gentlemen. gentlemen, let's you and him fight!"

 

[Ryujin]

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Likely because you haven’t looked into the production chain of growing, harvesting, processing, canning, and distribution of pineapple.

Oh, man, the Dole company is bad, as is what the US did to Hawai'i on its behalf.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

ENWorld really needs to start showing those therapy ads for threads over five pages in length. We've got folks with some stuff to unpack.

 

[payn]

ENWorld really needs to start showing those therapy ads for threads over five pages in length. We've got folks with some stuff to unpack.

 

[Umbran]

Likely because you haven’t looked into the production chain of growing, harvesting, processing, canning, and distribution of pineapple.

If you are intent on making the term "political" meaningless, this is a good direction to take.

 

[Gradine]

It's that level of hyperbole that makes "everything is political" a less useful term, even if there is a kernel of truth in it. "The personal is political" is a little more accurate, more powerful.

What's more useless, more meaningless, is the declaring anything that doesn't personally impact them is apolitical. If something is political to me and not to thee, then it is in my best interest to impress upon thee just important it is to see it as political to them as well. That's the foundation of empathy, which is a pretty key ingredient in social progress, especially when a minoritized population is involved.

 

[MarkB]

It's that level of hyperbole that makes "everything is political" a less useful term, even if there is a kernel of truth in it. "The personal is political" is a little more accurate, more powerful.

What's more useless, more meaningless, is the declaring anything that doesn't personally impact them is apolitical. If something is political to me and not to thee, then it is in my best interest to impress upon thee just important it is to see it as political to them as well. That's the foundation of empathy, which is a pretty key ingredient in social progress, especially when a minoritized population is involved.

That's not empathising with others, though. It's demanding that they empathise with you, without necessarily demonstrating any commitment to reciprocate.

And it makes the whole thing truly meaningless, because there's pretty much nothing that isn't going to personally impact somebody, somewhere. Which brings us right back around to "everything is political".