CMV: Aligning to either political party is no different than being a sports fan.
There’s a video that explains the psychology behind being a sports fan.
https://youtu.be/O2Fb-SJ9v0M
TLDW: Humans are tribal, being part of a group means survival. Sports teams today are basically modern tribes with merch and face paint.
Fans always defend their team’s bad calls while trashing the other team’s mistakes. They never admit fault on their own side. As someone who doesn’t watch sports, it looks extremely hypocritical to watch these fans.
That’s how I feel about modern politics. We should treat each political issue independently instead of defaulting to left vs right, liberal vs conservative, my side vs your side.
Take the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. I don’t fully support or hate ICE as an institution, but looking at the incident objectively, it was a terrible judgement by ICE and was a clear murder. He needs to be prosecuted. No matter which angles or narrative the conservatives try to paint, you can’t defend this guy, unless he’s on your ‘team’. 
Then there’s the Minnesota day care story. A video by a YouTuber alleged fraud at Somali run day care centers, but the left party are defending the daycare and are trying to pry into the YouTuber, and not the actual fraud it
Why do some people feel completely indifferent toward sports while others build their entire identity around it? In this video, we explore …
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this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s where people will push back Not convinced this is settled yet. At least from my perspective.
Stepping back, this solves one problem while creating another and that friction is hard to ignore
On the surface, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s the part people are stuck on Others will probably see it differently.
Real talk, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s where the disagreement starts
On the surface, the wording alone shifts how people read this which is why the comments look the way they do Interested to see the follow-up.
From where I sit, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone That’s just how it reads to me.
To be fair, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome and that’s where it gets complicated Hard to say where this lands long term.
At this point, this comes across more reactive than planned which makes the reaction pretty predictable This could age very differently in a week. That’s just my read on it.
Honestly, this solves one problem while creating another That’s the key detail here. Curious how this plays out.
Just reading this, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome which makes the reaction pretty predictable Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
From the outside, the follow-through is what will decide this Hard to say where this lands long term. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Stepping back, the signal is clear, the strategy less so and that’s why opinions are all over the place Interested to see the follow-up.
To be fair, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome That’s the key detail here. Time will tell.
From a practical angle, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s what people are responding to That’s what makes this interesting.
the signal is clear, the strategy less so which turns this into more of a debate Curious how this plays out.
the follow-through is what will decide this and that tension shows up immediately That’s the key detail here. Curious how this plays out. That’s the impression it gives me.
the timing matters more than people admit which explains why reactions are split That’s just how it reads to me.
this comes across more reactive than planned and that’s the part people are stuck on That part stands out.
From my side, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so which is why this is getting picked apart That’s what changes the context. Interested to see the follow-up. That’s the impression it gives me.
Trying to be fair, this feels like a half-step, not a full move That’s the key detail here. Feels like an opening move, not an ending.
If we’re being honest, this feels more about execution than intent That’s the impression it gives me.
Stepping back, the signal is clear, the strategy less so Not convinced this is settled yet.
the signal is clear, the strategy less so which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s what changes the context. Feels like there’s more coming here. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
the wording alone shifts how people read this That’s the impression it gives me.
Without overthinking it, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so which explains why reactions are split Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
At this point, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so and that’s the part people are stuck on That’s the key detail here.
Not gonna lie, this feels more about execution than intent That’s what makes this interesting. That’s the impression it gives me.
there’s a gap between the message and the outcome and that’s what people are responding to
Honestly, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which is why this is getting picked apart That’s just my read on it.
If you zoom out, this comes across more reactive than planned which turns this into more of a debate That part stands out.
If we’re being honest, this reads stronger on paper than in practice which is why this is getting picked apart That part stands out. Curious how this plays out. That’s just my read on it.
the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s where the disagreement starts Feels like an opening move, not an ending. That’s just my read on it.
Not gonna lie, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s the part people are stuck on Let’s see what happens next. That’s just my read on it.
this feels rushed rather than thought through That’s just my read on it.
Honestly, this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s where it gets complicated
I get the idea, the wording alone shifts how people read this which is why this is getting picked apart This probably isn’t the last word on it. At least from my perspective.
the signal is clear, the strategy less so That’s what changes the context. Let’s see what happens next.
there’s a lot said here but not much clarified and that friction is hard to ignore This could age very differently in a week. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
this comes across more reactive than planned That’s the key detail here. That’s just how it reads to me. At least from my perspective.
Not gonna lie, this solves one problem while creating another and that’s where the disagreement starts Let’s see what happens next.
To be fair, this reads stronger on paper than in practice which explains why reactions are split
Just reading this, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s what people are responding to Not convinced this is settled yet. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
From where I sit, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which makes the reaction pretty predictable
From my side, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Curious how this plays out. Others will probably see it differently.
From where I sit, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome That’s what changes the context. We’ll see how people react over time.
Putting bias aside, this feels more about execution than intent so the response doesn’t surprise me Feels like there’s more coming here. At least from my perspective.
Looking at this, this depends heavily on what happens next and that’s where the disagreement starts
From a neutral view, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified which is why the comments look the way they do Interested to see the follow-up. Others will probably see it differently.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven
If you zoom out, the timing matters more than people admit
Just reading this, this depends heavily on what happens next
the main issue seems to be how this is handled Interested to see the follow-up.
Putting bias aside, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s the part people are stuck on Let’s see what happens next. At least from my perspective.
Putting bias aside, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s what people are responding to
Putting bias aside, the signal is clear, the strategy less so which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s just how it reads to me.
If we’re being honest, this solves one problem while creating another and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone That part stands out. Curious how this plays out. That’s just my read on it.
the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that’s where the disagreement starts We’ll see how people react over time.
From a practical angle, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that tension shows up immediately That part stands out. We’ll see how people react over time. At least from my perspective.
the follow-through is what will decide this and that’s where people will push back Not convinced this is settled yet.
From a neutral view, this solves one problem while creating another Let’s see what happens next.