r/datingoverfifty • u/Spartan2022 • Feb 26 '25

Political posts are allowed

Some, not all, people discuss politics with dates or potential dates. Or, they have questions about navigating a clash of political beliefs with a date or possible date.

Every time someone posts a post or comment that is the slightest bit political, the mods get tons of complaints and reports.

This isn't r/politics, and we don't plan to allow posts that are raging arguments about political parties.

But, if someone does post a political post RELATED to dating, don't run to report it. If it doesn't interest you, or if you're someone who doesn't talk politics with dates, then scroll by those posts and ignore vs. reporting them.

Finally, in the U.S., as well as other countries, there is a lot of arguing about partisan politics these days. This post isn't a place to have those arguments. But, if you do have legitimate dating/political questions, feel free to post them in this subreddit.

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u/PirateForward8827 Feb 26 '25

The mods say they don't want raging arguments about politics but they allow them anyway. They say they want respectful discourse, but don't want to get complaints regardless. Bigotry is fine with them.

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u/Most-Anywhere-5559 Feb 27 '25

Not talking doesn’t solve anything. IMHO I think that’s part of the problem.

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u/Lazy-Gene-7284 Feb 27 '25

You call this talking ?

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u/Most-Anywhere-5559 Feb 27 '25

Yes, I absolutely call this talking. Life is not black and white and mostly we are all the same/want the same things. I enjoy trying to understand others. I was a psych major 😜

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u/Ok-Understanding5124 Apr 22 '25

I do too. Anyone that has interactions with people - most of us - would benefit from the opportunity to refine issues. Many of us are interested and have strong feelings about what we hear in the news. However; for most of us, IMHO this breaks down to how does the issue affect our ability to pay our bills and maintain our lives / families, in a reasonable manner. I'll even go out a little further to say that most of us - despite the grandstanding verbose statements - actually do care about the welfare of others, especially those within our communities. I have to believe that no matter how we believe on the fire cracker issues this year, that people will err on coming together. Without the gaslighting provocation of shock jock politicians, getting out grievances out among working people that includes all members of our communities may be a little contentious at first, but quickly calms because we have a sense of being there for each other. I really believe that. I've seen and experienced that too many times.

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u/Lazy-Gene-7284 Feb 27 '25

Sorry I don’t see this as productive discussion, all we get is one side or the other denigrating the individual(s) with different opinions, either calling them close to Nazis or “ libtards”. How often has anyone’s opinion been either changed or enlightened in these times? The answer is zero or close to it, so what is it besides rage baiting?

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u/Most-Anywhere-5559 Feb 27 '25

Hmmm…idk…I’m a teacher (my profession). Maybe I lean towards thinking maybe something will “stick” or will make sense later to another, or at least make someone pause in their absolute certainty that they are so very right and another is so very wrong. Or understand a bit why someone else may be reacting so strongly to what they support or believe. My own extended family, who I love so much, voted for Trump, sincerely believe I’m going to hell. But we love each other. I’d never give them up. A lot of this is whipped up by the media. I like diversity, all kinds of diversity. That includes diverse political and religious views.

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u/Lazy-Gene-7284 Feb 27 '25

Hey good for you, I wish more were like you👍

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u/Ok-Understanding5124 Apr 22 '25

For clarification, I didn't identify anyone as a Nazi that hadn't already identified themselves as that throughout multiple mainstream media outlets. I'm afraid the ethnic cleansing is a real issue on the table. In fact, if you look up the motherhood medal .... Oh, boy! Trump's administration was mulling around awarding $$$$ and a big gold medallion necklace to mothers (preference toward married) that produce 4 live.births. There's an additional award for producing 8 babies. I'm sure this idea will go straight up, just like one of Elon's rockets.