Technology
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5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)
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7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed
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If not by their actions, how do you judge someone? I cannot know "who they are" unless they either tell me or show me, and actions speak louder than words.
So many people will claim to be "good people" then go on a 20 minute rant about the "gay groomer agenda" and how gay people should "leave children alone" and how black people "commit too much crime and need to be policed more for it" when you give them one glass of wine and start talking about politics. Their overall stance is clear, and it isn't on the side of "being a good person."
My mother (who is a good person otherwise), complained that the gays have to be "so in your face about it." Really? Do gay men stop her in the grocery store and make her watch them make out? What the fuck is that shit?! She also told me she was sad when Rush Limbaugh died.
We have a no-politics rule now, or I'd not be able to maintain the relationship. She's awesome when politics aren't involved. She's the best reminder that people who think awful things can still be human.