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I decided to look back at my older entries on my blog, and I have stumbled upon this:

https://www.belltreeforums.com/entry.php?7322-My-opinions-on-political-issues-debates-and-neutrality

20 months later, it still remains helpful. I may have written this entry in response to some of the posts that bothered me in late 2017, but it applies everywhere, not just here. My favorite points were:

“We should all know that discrimination based on race, religion, sex, class, and sexual orientation are bad, but political discrimination is also just as bad as all that. You don't have to agree with them, but you should respect their opinion, their right to have an opinion, and their right to even enjoy their time. Yes, they should properly explain why they take that side, but even if they don't, you shouldn't force your beliefs on them or insult them.”

and...

”White privilege does not exist. Nobody is being oppressed. If you invoke the white privilege card in any circumstance, you are in fact being racist towards every group. Invoking it is racist against minorities because it belittles them while it is racist against white people because it encourages or suggests persecution of or intolerance towards white people.”

Some other points I should add:

  • Both sides have extremists. If you deny extremism from your side, you are not only lying to yourself and whoever you’re arguing with, but you are also in fact an extremist to your side.
  • There is no difference between discriminating against Trump supporters and discriminating against Obama supporters. There is also no difference between boycotting Nike and Target and boycotting Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby. If you believe there is a difference, then you are a hypocrite.
  • It’s not immoral to support Trump, oppose Kaepernick, or have conservative views, but it is immoral to call people “racist” for doing so. It’s not immoral to support Obama, oppose Israel, or have liberal views, but it is immoral to tell people that they’re “going to Hell” for doing so.
While I make good points, not everybody is going to learn their lessons. And some people are going to dispute these claims.
 
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It's been pretty fun playing Terraria w/ my sister. Watching her discover things and whatnot. Quite refreshing!:)
 
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Zura said:
You guys are great! I was gonna say that I feel unwelcome here but your kind words definitely cheered me up. :)
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Yknow sometimes I feel unwelcome here but then I remember how awesome all you guys are and have been to me, especially since people often don't seem to give me a chance at all. I really appreciate yall for that :)
 
xSuperMario64x said:
Yknow sometimes I feel unwelcome here but then I remember how awesome all you guys are and have been to me, especially since people often don't seem to give me a chance at all. I really appreciate yall for that :)
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Agreed! Sometimes it's hard to remember those good apples among the bad.
 
Alolan_Apples said:
Here?s a joke for today.

A villain?s evil plan got foiled. It was to make kids multiply binomials using the distributive property, but they foiled it. They FOILed it!
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