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What should I do if I get dragged into political conversations? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Lenom@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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Some months ago, i was in a cosplay convention and there was a political organization called the women's league of voters. The person that was promoting the organization called me and she asked me some questions about voting. I told her I am against voting but in a very outlandish and vauge way because I was afraid I would give out too much information on my politics.

This made me wonder what should I do if I get sucked into political conversations. Do any of you guys have any advice?

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[–] Lenom@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Win?

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dunk on them. Deploy rhetorical nukes. Use the power of material analysis to make their liberal idealism look silly. Treat it as a contest and come out on top. Win.

[–] stewie3128@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is what I've taken to lately... If they're a religious conservative.

If they come from a less unhinged, though still clearly misguided, point or view, I play nicer.

I grew up in a conservative family, though, and went to a religious school. Which why I'm a Marxist atheist now. Which is also why I have no tolerance for religious conservatives and dunk on them relentlessly with their own Bible.

EDIT: I should add that I'm nicer to neighborhood liberals because I think they more often come from a standpoint of wanting what seems to be better for everyone than what we have now. Conservatives just want subjugation, so fuck them.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

“Own the libs with facts and logic” but with real facts and logic instead of rhetorical flourishes and strawmanning.