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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is because politics isn't identity, or at least it fuckin' shouldn't be. A person can change their political stances if they decide to. I'd go so far as to say that's the point of judging people on the basis of their politics; the hope that it might get them to think about the consequences of their stances just a little bit.

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

That's true. But when I encounter someone who ignores all rational arguments and instead continually clings to racist nonsense and the like, I can't help but judge this person as a racist with whom I want nothing to do with. Politics thrives on discussion and the exchange of arguments. In my eyes, anyone who doesn't want to see that has no right to be taken seriously.

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