people who thrive on drama and being a victim
Agreed, if you’re extreme even if I happen to agree with you, I’m out.
Some conspiracy theories are alarm bells for me: Flat-earthers, 9/11 truthers, Holocaust deniers, moon landing deniers.
I'm not actually, and apparently it does make a difference. Other than the DIS, almost 100% of my contact with people is IRL, and the if the people I know and like or love are expressing themselves on-line in ways I'd believe to be entirely out of character, well, I know nothing of it. I do look at news feeds sometimes and what I read the comments section would curl ones hair, but those people are strangers so it doesn't really affect me.You must not be on Facebook or Twitter. There is daily proof people don't behave in a civil manner out in the world.
Being in Canada, as a society we're not at the same level of frenzy/despair that seems to be the current climate in the States. We certainly have issues, many of the same issues actually but at a very different scale. It is still possible here to get through most days without the kind of confrontation you describe, IRL at least.Well gosh bless you, you are lucky because so Many sadly are now doing it in my world. It is so disturbing. And I don't put up with it and then I have family and people I love giving me the cold shoulder, shunning or worse. People I never heard do it before. Separating into tribes even from family, say what. It's coming about from the amount and acceptance of this kind of veiled or not so veiled talk like this from our infotainment opinion so called "news" and radio shows, social media and cough some of our leaders.
Being in Canada, as a society we're not at the same level of frenzy/despair that seems to be the current climate in the States. We certainly have issues, many of the same issues actually but at a very different scale. It is still possible here to get through most days without the kind of confrontation you describe, IRL at least.
Anyone who is homophobic.
Nailed it.I typed out a long post going for humor, but decided some people may not take it that way. Suffice it to say, I think people in the US & Canada are more similar than you think. At least as similar as they can be, when you consider people from different regions in both of the countries can be very different.
Don't believe everything you read on social media or hear on biased news networks. Most of us have non-confrontational days. Most problems seem to only exist on social media. They're definitely not a part of my daily life & I live in a densely populated area with people of all races that come here from all over the world.
If (a general) you look for confrontation, you'll find it. I'm sure that's true everywhere.
It's funny, my dad and I are opposite sides of the spectrum but we can have reasonable discussions. He actually told my brother (who is on the same side of the spectrum as he is) that he'd rather talk to me because he enjoys discussing things and I don't get all bent out of shape when we disagreeI don’t care where you fit on the political or religious scale, but if you’re obsessed with your particular brand of “whatever” to the point it’s all you can talk about, buh bye. I’d rather hang out with a reasonable person with whom I disagree on every topic than one with whom I agree if that second person is a complete blowhard.