It has been said that in polite company you are not to discuss politics or religion. i made a commitment at one point in my life to at least not do one. For me, i have no problem with political discussion. Differences in the personal politics that matter comes down to a choice of what is oppressive and what is not. It's pretty much as simple as that. While this is defining things in certain terms, something i realize in my writing I should refrain from (i.e. i should be using E-Prime), yet i cannot help but see differences in politics coming down to a choice to be hateful or not. Either You are alright with continuing oppression, or You want it stopped. Period.

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