White dudes have this thing where they believe your best friend in the world can have opposing political ideas. Youâre supposed to be able to have healthy debate and disagreeing shouldnât harm your friendship. Thatâs gross and stupid. Its really easy to say that when all your disagreements are theoretical. Its easy to say when none of the laws passed actually effect your life. Fighting with your best friend about corporate regulations, school charters, educational funding, abortion, health care, voting restrictions, drug laws, taxes and all sorts of stuff is cool and lively because none of it is going to actually leave you in a bad spot. Its different for the rest of us. I canât be friends with you if you think I shouldnât be allowed to vote. We canât be friends if you think my friends shouldnât have the ability to designate whatever gender they want and have that be legally recognized. We canât be friends if you think I donât deserve health care. Or if you think native children should be ripped away from their cultures and people. We canât be friends if you think closing down health care clinics in an attempt to end safe legal abortions is a good thing. All these theoretical political ideas and lively debates effect real people, and I wonât be friends with someone who disagrees with me on them. Because disagreement means you donât see me or a whole bunch of my friends and family as human beings worthy of rights and respect.
why I will not accept agree to disagree anymore
When people moan about how politics use to be âcivilâ what theyâre really complaining about is the entry into the debate of the people those policies actually effect. Bit hard to be âcivilâ when itâs your livelihood or your bodily rights on the line
