Recently I’ve had some frustrating conversations with people. Someone said Oregon is “deeply red”, which sounds like an absolutely unhinged thing to say when you consider all branches of government in OR are controlled by Dems.
I’m sure I was rude to the person, but I tried to explain how ridiculous that is. If Oregon is deeply red then what is Alabama? Just because the rural areas are conservative? I spent way too long on this one.
Anyway how do you handle this kind of nonsense in the world? I usually just say what I’m thinking to people these days, but more and more it’s feeling like I should just stfu and let people believe whatever
I’ll try to talk about what I think with people who casually bring up something political without it being the focus. Try to normalize a class conscious perspective to the extent that I can, you know?
But with people who “care” I’ve found it’s kinda pointless and I don’t try. They don’t listen and won’t remember what you said later, at best they’ll decide you’re “really liberal” and operate from there. At one point it was fun just to hear the weird shit they would say, but things are getting bad and it’s not really funny anymore, and I’m not sure it’s a good idea to broadcast “I’m a communist” to people who would probably turn you in if it was an option.