And there it is, that’s exactly what I meant. You’re proving my point. You’ve taken politics so personally that you’ve elevated it to “life and death” status in a country where, by law, no politician has the power to arbitrarily sentence people to death.
If you’re in the U.S., “politics” doesn’t decide whether you live or die—laws, courts, and due process do. We’re not in a dictatorship (regardless of what Lemmy says) where a party can declare entire groups of people to die based on politics.
So unless you’re saying elected officials are legally executing people outside the justice system, the “life and death” framing is emotional exaggeration, not fact.
Maybe someone feels like politics is life and death to them, but feelings aren’t proof of reality. And reacting to politics with that level of personal emotional investment tends to just polarize people more and cloud their ability to think critically.
That’s what I meant when I said people take it too seriously–and more pointedly, I was referring to Lemmy posters taking it too seriously.
I’ve seem post reacting to totally non-political information with politically-charged responses and accusation. Even if the topic didn’t start out political at all.
Lately, it’s reading Lemmy comments. The ultimate punishment.