# Idiots who insert political comments in non-political topics

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**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349 "2022-07-21T21:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-insert-political-comments-in-non-political-topics/968349/5 "2022-07-21T22:22:55Z")

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Does this qualify?

OP:

> **Grrr** :
> 
> So you’ve gone back in time to tell people about the 21st century. Everything you say is true, but they think you’re a crazy person. What truths do you speak?
> 
> Here’s mine:  
> In the future, your friends will send you pictures of what they had to eat last night. And if you don’t indicate you like it, they will get sad.

Turned political:

> [@Say something that is true to a person in 1985 that will make you sound like a crazy person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/116):
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> And the US will renounce democracy and embrace fascism, and attempt to become a christian theocracy on par with Iran.

> [@Say something that is true to a person in 1985 that will make you sound like a crazy person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/125):
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> […] The idea that the U.S. has been descending into a religious hellscape is a complete fantasy. Church attendance is at an all-time low: In 1985 71% of the population were members of a church. Today it’s 47%. In 1988 only 18% of the public supported gay marriage. Today it is 71%.
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> Not only would the people of 1985 of all parties heavily oppose all of the above, they would likely see our current time as a liberal dystopia, not a fascist nightmare. Seeing the future would have killed support for gay rights in the 80’s and 90’s.
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> From your standpoint, huge progress has been made. The average person of 1985 had attitudes you would consider highly offensive today, on a whole host of subjects. Take the win.

~Max

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