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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 15:25:29 JST Aral Balkan

   To be “apolitical” is simply to be fine with the worst injustices of your time. Likely because they don’t affect you personally (yet).

   • RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@neurodifferent.me)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 18:37:34 JST RolloTreadway

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     @aral There's something I saw on Twitter once - can't remember who from, but it stuck with me. It was something like:

     White is apolitical, black is political
     Straight is apolitical, queer is political
     Cis is apolitical, trans is political

     and so on. Only if you're in a privileged group can you say that your existence is apolitical. Everyone outside the privileged groups has no choice.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 04:59:21 JST Aral Balkan

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     • RolloTreadway
     • F. Douglas Wall

     @fdouglaswall @RolloTreadway Oh please add alt text to that image so I can boost it :)

   • F. Douglas Wall (fdouglaswall@dice.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 04:59:26 JST F. Douglas Wall

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     • RolloTreadway

     @RolloTreadway @aral

   • wildebeeste@mastodon.scot's status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2023 04:34:24 JST wildebeeste

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     @aral You seem to be confusing politics with ethics, Aral. 99% of social media users seem to make the same mistake.

     Politics is riven with corruption and avoiding having anything to do with it certainly doesn't equate to being uninterested in righting injustice. I'd argue that politics actually gets in the way of principles, because once somebody has identified with a political party the next step is to toe the line irrespective of one's actual beliefs.

     In other words, you're wrong, mate.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2023 04:34:24 JST Aral Balkan

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     • wildebeeste

     @wildebeeste If ya say so, mate.