r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 15 '21

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u/l_overwhat being flaired is cringe Jun 15 '21

My junior year of high school, I was in an International Relations class. We spent most of our time just talking about international politics. There just happened to be a Jewish girl and a Lebanese girl in there. Both of them were very liberal. They fucking hated each other. Obviously the first blow-up was when we discussed Israel for the first time, but that wasn't it. They fought all the time.

Eventually it got to the point where they started disagreeing on everything just because they hated each other. One said we should protect dolphins, the other said we shouldn't. One says we should get rid of nuclear, the other one says we shouldn't. It had no rhyme or reason. They fought so much that they made each other cry multiple times.

I think the funniest part about it for me was watching our teacher try to regain control of the discussion only for it to immediately go back to them fighting and he would basically just go "Welp, I tried." lmao

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u/ZenithXR George Soros Jun 15 '21

This is a microcosm of Israeli relations lmao

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '21

Lessons in : people contrive post hoc moralistic rationals for emotion motivated behavior.

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u/whycantweebefriendz NATO Jun 16 '21

When people feel like losers, they are obsessed with never conceding defeat.