"If you're not for me, you're against me" <-- Lots of room for subjective interpretation. Hence people come up with "Litmus Tests" to size each other up so we can determine if others see life through the same rose colored glasses we wear
Example: "Rittenhouse said he supports BLM" so we need to throw the baby out with the bath water.
The only thing these Litmus tests do is cause more division when we need unity. Please consider what I'm saying here. We need Unity.
We will never all have identical world views
Or maybe he supports BLM black lives matter like all lives matter...and not the organization. People twist words. Why make it into something more.
^ this.
Most people do not truly understand these organizations. Including us. How many of us knew the red cross, pepsi, salvation army, and your local vetrinarian's office would all jump on the vax-mask totalitarian bandwagon?
Yea, Red Cross wants my unvaxxed blood, but wants me to wear a mask giving it. They can go fuck themselves. News flash! No mask and my clean blood is no longer free unless donated directly to a patriot in need.
Well said. I call them snowplows but litmus tests may be more apt.
There is a grain of truth in all the prominent lies.
Frames like Black Lives Matter are so synthetic that it is hard for experienced critical thinkers to interpret them as anything but mediocre attempts at petty division. That said I am trying to see these frames from other perspectives so I can grasp from where others are coming.
Bottom line. Recognize the dignity in other travelers sharing the ride on this magnificent spaceship and do not allow yourself to be trapped or surrounded by miserable souls.