Fight women, fight!

[kjones]

12. Yeah, sorry, the mansplaining was not directed at you.

There is definitely a tribalism as I see it, but you are right, much of it is because
this is the internet (both a marvel and a sewer of humanity. It's complicated).

No, believe me, SCOTUS angst (no, disgust) is right. I'm concerned about the
ruling as well. I'm all for whatever religious freedom, but come on, I thought
America had some standards.

Back patting. No not that, and it's all around.
It's hard to say, it's part of the tribalism. When people get praised for no other
reason than insulting someone with differing opinions. I mean, at least people
ought to attempt a genuine discussion prior to shutting down, and many people
do. However, many people don't. I don't know, it goes hand in hand with simply
disingenuous discussion, were people only seem to start discussion with people
for the purpose of "defeating" them, scoring points, getting those pats on the back...
even if the discussion really had no substance. It's like neither side of most topics
is operating in good faith in regards to the other side. People should be fostering discussion,
genuine argumentative disagreement, and respect. Maybe I frequent too many tense
topics, but there doesn't ever seem to be much of that, unless of course, they already
agree.

Sad day when we only respect those we agree with.