I think it is healthy to be in forums in which you don't have cultural or philosophical agreement with others. Maybe not comfortable, but for me, I need to design new cultural systems which bring people together to make a better world. So I need to be in "bad places with bad people" which is kinda everywhere.

@BrianFey right. One need not look for bad people, so why bother? There's a difference between honest debate/exchange of ideas and fucking looney town, though. Unfortunately attention is all that's needed for the most corrupt ideas to gain credence and spread.

Satire and mockery exist for very sound, valid reasons - some things aren't even worth being seriously considered. Of course one must be aware of what passes for "policy" that others are espousing but once again, easy enough to find.

FULL DISCLAIMER: I live in #freedumb central so my views on exposure may be a touch slanted

@BrianFey You will burn out eventually talking to a wall of idiocracy.

@Mooolah

@1of5 I learned my lesson.

I think it is healthy to be in forums in which you don't have cultural or philosophical agreement with others. Maybe not comfortable, but for me, I need to design new cultural systems which bring people together to make a better world. So I need to be in "bad places with bad people" which is kinda everywhere.

@BrianFey Some people can take that, I can't just let these racist's say all the hate that they spew. To me it looks like you're experimenting with different views and some are extreme but I guess because I have been called racist name's and told I don't fit in because I am Mexican American, it hits a nerve in me, I don't let thing's like that slide. My fiancee has extreme hillbilly relatives and the thing's that they say are just so ignorant and hateful, I don't hold back, I tell them straight up, they shut up but then there's another day and another ignorant thing is said.

@MichelleGar1 I can appreciate that. I don't like to deal with assholes either.
I get plenty of shit for my demographic and would like one else to.
I wish you luck in your cultural struggles. I hope that when you have the option you can be nice and help people come out of their ignorance.
Maybe someday people won't care about the irrelevant differences and will just judge each other on their ethics and behavior.
I like to dream sometimes.

@MichelleGar1 Maybe you should come home.
This is where I live.
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@BrianFey I'm back in my hometown, El Paso,TX. it's a boarder town with Juarez, Mexico. Some of my relatives live in Mexico, in little town's, I loved visiting them. I loved how they would barter with neighbors for breakfast and other things. Maybe I'll go see what your village one day. I can't right now, not because of covid but also my mom has cancer and I am her caregiver, that's the main reason why I came back.

I think it is healthy to be in forums in which you don't have cultural or philosophical agreement with others. Maybe not comfortable, but for me, I need to design new cultural systems which bring people together to make a better world. So I need to be in "bad places with bad people" which is kinda everywhere.

@BrianFey
I agree.

Did you see bragging?