Republicans are the enemy; our generals suck.

[BainsBane]

119. That's good of you

Do you also tell they are aligned with Goldman Sachs and the 1 percent if they don't vote how you want, or they fail to devote themselves to a relentless focus on defeating a single politician? Do you see them as your equals or people who aren't fit to make their own political decisions? I truly think it's a wonderful thing that you help people less fortunate than yourself in real life, but you should also understand you encounter people online who are also less fortunate, yet you have insulted some of them as being aligned with the 1 percent. Think about that for a minute. Think about what that must feel like for someone who has grown up on welfare, and/or who has been subject to daily racism, gay bashing, or gender violence to be accused of collaborating with Goldman Sachs.

I see you as the enemy because I have seen you insult people who have lived with discrimination their entire lives, because you have continually insulted me, never bothered to ask my views on a position but instead looked for signs of heresy because I ask a question or pose something in a way that doesn't conform to your frame of reference. If you don't want people to see you as the enemy, don't insult them. Don't tell poor people they are aligned with Goldman Sachs. Don't tell gay men they are in bed with the 1 percent. Don't accuse someone of being for Fast Track when they merely point out they recognize the investor provisions of TPP as being modeled after Chapter 11 of NAFTA. Don't accuse something of being complicit with torture because they ask what laws and jurisdiction prosecutions should proceed under. Don't enter threads about Marxism and insist it is some cryptic plot to get Clinton elected, and then refer to Marxist theory as "centrist" and Third Way. In addition to being insulting, it's off the charts bizarre. Acknowledge that people may see things somewhat differently because their experiences may differ, and that doesn't make them corporate sell outs. Understand that your perspective is not the only conceivable one, and that there are many worldviews and many different experiences that are valid.

How's that for starters?