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Anyone else feel bad after criticizing religion or conservatives? I think I am just feeling empathetic towards religious people and conservatives. Sometimes people just don’t know any better, or they have too much to unlearn to reconcile their differences with other people. I genuinely want to understand someone else’s perspective, but I don’t think anyone else has the right to impinge on someone else’s rights, especially not based on their cultures world origin mythology. It can be very frustrating. Sorry for unloading, been reading too much news and pol 😭 Pic unrelated

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I would worry more about how you treat individuals around you. Conservatives drive me nuts online, but when I encounter people in the real world who hint at conservative ideologies, I don't treat them differently. I just try to show compassion and demonstrate through action why empathy wins over fear. That's a rebuttal to conservative ideology in a nutshell. My whole approach is that no one would be a conservative if they were secure in themselves.

This isn't really an online thing though. Nothing matters online except getting off it.