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Engaging in things such as “fan wars” “ships” “fan gossip” is essentially engaging in politics without some of the ethical strain so long as you’re not actively harming anyone and just having discourse about something. It also tells me a lot about what a persons actual politics probably are.

@raniya-khan

Mar 19, 2025

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@sawyer

100% agree, no clue what youre referencing but attack on titan fits this description perfectly

Mar 19, 2025

@raniya-khan

@SAWYER oh for sure the themes in aot make it super easy for me to tell what someone’s political beliefs are when they engage in fan theories 😭

Mar 20, 2025

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Interesting question

to set the stage here I organized as a college student/adjacent to a political cult (was never 100% brainwashed and pulled in) so this answer is going to diverge from many other answers. I’ll say in my opinion that trying to divide or merge person and politic is a zero sum game or detrimental for my personal life and political consequences at large I don’t allow myself to get into situations where this would be remotely possible and that either comes off as extremely myopic or cushioned from reality but I’m choosing to accept that. In my friendships or making new friends I try to be a remotely ok judge of character to determine if political beliefs will inflame the friendship no amount of brain power would make me consider changing someone’s mind on politics in a friendship but its likely im on the same page of people who are moderate or political disengaged to discuss freely about it Hannah Arendt once observed that the personal and political spheres merging creates this space where we can no longer ”act” in politics but we behave as economic actors or consumers. I think she’s on the money about this to this day - politics on the whole are very much boiled down to a market choice for me and not visible in my personal life much

@aidanaguirre

Jul 14, 2024

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can we escape it?

I love talking about politics with my friends! I will say that my friend group is full of likeminded people. If there is a disagreement within the group I feel that because we have a similar mindset we are able to see where the other is coming from even if we don’t agree(?) if that makes sense. Ofc identity politics plays a big role which might create an idea of community or make others feel left out. I think where we are in society today politics cant be avoided. Politics and policy is everywhere that even a simple conversation can be tied to so many aspects of it. I think discussing it with friends, people you trust and know have similar perspectives or ideas allows for a safe conversation (at least in my case).

@m_gamino

Jan 24, 2025

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Always discussing politics with friends

I think it has a lot to do with problem-solving mindsets, and with my friend circles tbh we are all of the notion that disagreement is inevitable but also a learning process and involves basic respect for each others' opinions. Also we kind of all sense that everything is political/connected as-is. I do think there's a lot of avoidance in society lately but if you want to get along better and understand each others' contexts aka build that friendship, you gotta have that space to debate.