ext_37407 ([identity profile] skew-whiff.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] preussisch_blau 2008-10-20 11:37 pm (UTC)

Oh, Sparra. I sometimes feel you're a sucker for punishment, I really do. What with the general tendency towards woolly liberalism of our generation, I'm not sure what you're expecting. Echo chamber agreement's unlikely. So, unfortunately, is intelligent debate, because most people simply don't know enough about politics to do it correctly (I include myself in this when it comes to the US, though UK politics is another matter). Fuck knows the knee-jerk ill-informed vague leftism of my peers pisses me off, just because I wish it wasn't so ill-informed or automatic. It does one good to question one's assumptions.
Still, it's interesting to read your views set out like this. It's an interesting mix of viewpoints, though generally what I'd expect from what I know of you already. I won't go into discussion - there's absolutely no point, as although I disagree with you on quite a few of the points, I know I can't convince you otherwise, just as you couldn't convince me otherwise. It'd only lead to mudslinging and repeating the same old well-trodden arguments. It's often best to just agree to disagree.
Still, I do enjoy reading your political posts. Don't feel put off because your f-list don't give you the reactions you'd prefer. Perhaps you could set up a separate political blog if you'd rather vent your spleen without having to deal with us lot so much.

(Also, feel free to tell me to shut up with my namby-pamby "I think you're totally wrong but I like you so I'm going to be all polite and clueless" patronising bullshit. I'm sure it must get repetitive.)

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