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Originally Posted by MTVN
Imo it's quite unhealthy to only surround yourself with people of the same views - it just makes life an echo chamber where you reinforce each other's views and are never challenged on your own and it makes you more intolerant. I also think its quite arrogant to think your view is so superior that you refuse to associate with someone with a different one
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agree with this mostly, but on the flip side i think its equally unhealthy to surround yourself with combative people of different beliefs and turn every day into a political argument. for a while i lived with family members who were pretty right wing and argumentative, and almost every day some discussion about some current affair devolved into an argument. this sort of stuff has become frustrating to talk about more than anything, because it doesn't feel like you can make a middle ground or see eye to eye at all. I feel like during the absolute chaos that is brexit, a lot of torys hold some pretty ignorant beliefs fuelled by everything but the truth, and whenever you challenge the bs you get accused of being intolerant and not allowing other peoples beliefs. Yet, young left wingers and activists are allowed to be mocked and followed around and accused of being the problem and they see no issue in it. And thats not even acknowledging the homophobic trash who hide behind this same defence, which right wingers champion and in the same token try to use whenever a group of people they don't like displaying homophobia as a ploy to drive the gays into the same blind fury they're gauged in. Trying to reason with the unreasonable is a headache, and somethings i feel guilty for not engaging and challenging these beliefs because they have real life implications and repercussions. Its not just some forum debate for some people, tho i guess its easy to pass that off when you're not even the victim of whats being talked about.