I must say I had a pleasant conversation on workers’ rights in the US recently on c/technology (lemmy.world). By pleasant I mean "not being insulted because I live in France and workers do have rights so I’m a red commie" pleasant.

[–] DillonBrooksEnjoyer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

For the majority of Americans, as long as you are a pleasant person, you will have pleasant conversations, even if it’s about a disagreement.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

A. This leads to politeness fetishists and tone policing. If someone says something offensive like "we should remove LGBT+ books from schools," I'd rather shoot myself than speak nicely to that person.

B. This has not been my experience with my fellow Americans at all. I even saw a mod from lemmy.world post mod-flaired horseshit in their politics community about how "The US is not a racist country." Fuck that.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi from the autistic guy that is physically unable to understand the rules of „politeness“ and burns out while pathetically trying to mimic them just to look like a creep anyway.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

hello!

[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

How can we have a pleasant conversation about the murders the American soldiers are committing in the Middle East? How does one be pleasant about murder?