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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All right, I just still think that it's an empty statement- "I dislike the bad side of X" isn't exactly stating much, while being actively used as a normative soundbite, something everyone can agree to disagree on while at the same time favoring the position that "all sides are equal, nothing you do matters, everyone is malicious", which is pretty cynical. Not arguing a case against you or anything, I'm just arguing out loud I guess, but I see these semantic tricks being played out in media that are very obvious when you know what to look for, that manage to infect swathes of people, by far the majority of everyone around me.

So there's that.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Totally cool, and you ain't wrong. The way I explained my use of the word "politics" was correct. However, your last explanation may have been my subconscious intent. A very peculiar freudian slip, as it were.