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I absolutely guarantee you that you can find someone who identifies with the chosen politic of your smear who fits every bit of it to the letter.
The issue here, is in determining whether or not these things are necessary consequences of the philosophy in question, or a matter of the individual subject, and how prevalent instances of it are. And that's something people routinely fail at in politics.
Just because someone calls themselves something it doesn't mean they have an incredibly in-depth working knowledge of the theory behind it, or even prescribe to it in an orthodox way. Taking a singular example of something and extrapolating it on to an entire ideology is foolish.
If you're going to critique individuals, then critique individuals. If you want to critique theory, then READ THE DAMN THEORY.
Basing your opinions of a political philosophy solely on the individuals you've encountered within it is not only biased in that it means few representatives, but also because you shouldn't assume that someone from another politic to yours, one that has frequent...
...and heated disagreements, especially, is interacting with you at face value, or that everything they say is literal.
You are, effectively, talking about a culture you're not a part of. Don't imagine that you know what is or isn't a joke, or that you have full context.
You are, effectively, talking about a culture you're not a part of. Don't imagine that you know what is or isn't a joke, or that you have full context.
I am seldom genuine with anyone on here until they've demonstrated to me that they can actually critically examine the words I say, and that's not for no reason! It's a survival strategy because Twitter is full of people waiting to performatively dunk on one another.
I am a person. I have language unique to my social circle. I have half-finished thoughts sometimes. I use twitter as a journal. This is a social media site. I'm here to socialize.
If you're taking that to be representative of the politics I claim, you're not very bright.
If you're taking that to be representative of the politics I claim, you're not very bright.
