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   pelavarre (pelavarre@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 05:49:04 JST pelavarre

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   • John-Mark Gurney

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   > human rights aren't politics, politics is what should be built next door, or how the roads should be laid out

   this, yes, this

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     John-Mark Gurney (encthenet@flyovercountry.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 05:49:04 JST John-Mark Gurney

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     @pelavarre
     This is another example of people being angry when straight people are "persecuted", but have no problems with the reverse:
     https://www.shortlist.com/news/hugh-hefner-playboy-gay-rights

     feld likes this.
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     John-Mark Gurney (encthenet@flyovercountry.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 05:49:05 JST John-Mark Gurney

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     @pelavarre
     Get rid of the Nazis/fascists/GOP that want to take away the basic human rights to exist in safety.

     When they are actively trying to kill people, that takes the "fun" out of "politics".

     (As someone else said, human rights aren't politics, politics is what should be built next door, or how the roads should be laid out.)

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     pelavarre (pelavarre@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 05:49:06 JST pelavarre

     Hannah McCarthy talks pop Civics for Np

     she says her uncle says talking politics used to be fun, and now gets you kicked out of bars

     how do we fix this?

     does it help to blame who stole the fun, killed the buzz? does blame ever help anything? how do we bring back the fun of political disagreement? it’s only fun when we all feel safe about the basics, so we’re only arguing about the extras?