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Don’t let the ideologues get to you. Don’t turn into them. Know your guiding principles and STICK TO THEM. Reevaluate your existing beliefs. Deconstruct your biases. Apply the same reasoning and moral framework to issues all across the political spectrum. Follow your conscience.
In these tribal times with all the incendiary rhetoric and bad faith arguments, it’s SO EASY to get tricked by confirmation bias and engage in cognitive dissonance. We must stay vigilant! I’ve caught myself slipping lately, particularly when it comes to “TERF” talking points.
I was nodding along w some things other GC feminists/“TERFs” were tweeting, assuming I agreed just bc we agree on so many other issues. Thought about it for a while, applied my guiding principles to the issue, realized I don’t agree and that some of their stances ARE anti-trans!
It’s hard not to become cynical and angry and apathetic when pushing back against these hateful partisans, but we have to stick to our moral codes and keep fighting the good fight, otherwise we will become just. like. them.
MORE EMPATHY. MORE HONESTY. MORE CRITICAL THINKING.
That’s the only way we’re gonna have a chance at getting out of this hyper-partisan shitstorm.
And we need all three.
That’s the only way we’re gonna have a chance at getting out of this hyper-partisan shitstorm.
And we need all three.
