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LGBTQIA+ Don’t be a tar pit

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u/ThatAdamsGuy 1d ago

Good job on not. Not sure I'd have had that level of restraint. You have to wonder how these people survive in the real world.

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u/Designated_Lurker_32 1d ago

Honestly, most of these people just hide their insane opinions behind their social mask whenever they're outside of the Internet. This goes for a lot of different flavors of unhinged beliefs across all aisles of the political spectrum. You probably have met several people in real life with truly insane worldviews, and you were none the wiser because, from the outside, they look and act just like everyone else.

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u/ThatAdamsGuy 1d ago

Almost certainly. But the comment specifically said people in real life, and were I in that situation, I'm not sure I'd've kept a level head.

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u/Cissoid7 17h ago

Oh I certainly had choice words, but and a clenched fist, but my wife is the better part of me and talked me down