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ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

@buddhaha @m3tti @morganmay @mcc It is easy to say that you're "apolitical" when you lie at the intersection of socially dominant groups (so in the US, that might be something like a white, straight, cis, able-bodied man). If you are non-white in the US, *your existence is political* whether you like it or not. If you are a woman in this country, your existence and your needs are political. If you are LGBTQ+, your existence is political.

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ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him) replied to ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

@buddhaha @m3tti @morganmay @mcc I have the luxury of not thinking about my gender if I don't want to (as a man), but my wife really can't. I know nonbinary people who haven't come out fully b/c declaring their very existence is seen as a radical political act in much of the world.

Every single choice we make has *some* kind of effect (political, social, environmental, etc). Recognizing that just enables us to act to create a better world.

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buddhaha replied to ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)

@chiraag @m3tti @morganmay @mcc As I said you have valid arguments and I agree. I agree with arguments for the contrary side too. This is not a binary topic and has multiple valid conclusions.

Your statements are based on your perspective that assumes the existence of free will and some causal determinism. That is not wrong but it is just one of many valid perspectives and without prior agreement on such foundations it is not possible to find a common ground. So why fight? Just to be right?

buddhaha replied to buddhaha

@chiraag @m3tti @morganmay @mcc Just want to add thank you! Last time I was actually intellectually challenged by another human was approx. waytoomany years ago. I did not think I'll mention causal determinism or moral cognitivism when signing up to mastodon.

(if I previously did I was usually blocked or ignored)

So, thank you for reading my crap and sharing your thoughts.

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