How have your political views changed over time?
I’ve always found conservatism rather boring…..a reaction to progressive conditions more than an ideology committed to correcting wrongs.
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Conservatism is boring? Are you saying that a house party, with conservatives all dancing together and taking silly pictures with each other, is boring? Especially compared to liberals "staying home, saving lives" and using Zoom. Even better: I had many hours of social fun, without smashing even one storefront and setting even one car on fire.
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I don’t know…
I don’t think your house parties can even come close to the same level of fun as the many hours I’ve spent happily smashing storefronts and lighting cars on fire.
(Liberals have house parties, too. I prefer enjoying special interests over socializing, but we’re all different. Nothing is as entertaining to me as a good book, playing the piano, and talking to you, of course.)
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I wouldn't sacrifice my beliefs just so I could go to some party. Going to a party is just not all that necessary for me.
I might have enjoyed taking silly pictures when I was 12 or 13. It seems like a strange thing for adults to do, though.
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A loud house party sounds awful.Those silly pictures could be future blackmail material.Who wants to clean up after a party like that? Not me.
I’ll just read a book quietly, listen to some music ,play in the garden, smoke pot and drink a nice beverage.
It’s been too hot to set any cars on fire or rampage a city.
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Anyone can have a house party though, regardless of ideology. I don't understand what's so fun about denying others freedom.
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So you think that 2+ months of little socialization will lead to extensive amounts of immaturity?
I’ve not seen this. Maybe it only affects conservatives.
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If the pictures exist on a phone they can be used in other sites besides Facespace.
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Come to think of it, going to the party felt similar to meeting escorts; after all, it was illegal too. I remember walking along a rural road to the host's house, after parking at a Walmart, and exchanging glances with an older man walking in the same direction as me. (He was going to that party too, as I learned.) We were looking at each other with a mix of hope and fear, thinking: "Are you one of us, or are you a liberal snitch? Are we going to shake hands, or fight?" (And I was ready to start fighting, many miles away from the nearest ER, with no one around to call 911.) It sounds funny today, but it was scary back then. What if he was a snitch?
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So you think that 2+ months of little socialization will lead to extensive amounts of immaturity?
I’ve not seen this. Maybe it only affects conservatives.
Joking aside prolonged isolation does lead to mental illness especially in extraverts. Why do you think prisoners are punished with solitary confinement?
Whether the price was worth it for the benifit of saved lives and avoided Long Covid disability is a hypothetical.
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Whether the price was worth it for the benefit of saved lives and avoided Long Covid disability is a hypothetical.
Sure enough, I made the right decision. First off, I'm still here typing this and annoying certain demographics. Second, even if I got the Election Infection and died from it, I'd have died shortly after doing something I loved---enjoying the human closeness of like-minded conservatives. Remember: I was actively suicidal since I was 8, and wanted to die since I was 5---so wanting to die as an adult was nothing new to me in 2020. Long Covid or Short Covid, I didn't care!
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Whether the price was worth it for the benefit of saved lives and avoided Long Covid disability is a hypothetical.
Sure enough, I made the right decision. First off, I'm still here typing this and annoying certain demographics. Second, even if I got the Election Infection and died from it, I'd have died shortly after doing something I loved---enjoying the human closeness of like-minded conservatives. Remember: I was actively suicidal since I was 8, and wanted to die since I was 5---so wanting to die as an adult was nothing new to me in 2020. Long Covid or Short Covid, I didn't care!
Prior to the pandemic, my life was not social anyway. I was not a hermit, I always took walks and went places mostly by myself. So the pandemic meant even less socializing, indoor masking, and fewer places to go since everything was closed. The worst part was worrying about getting essential supplies and masking. At first, it was creepy with disaster movie like empty streets but once I got used to that the best part was breathing clean air when walking maskless outdoors and being completely alone with my thoughts.
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