Talking about either is under the same umbrella:
Full title sorry, but this really gets me. I mean is speaking on anti-bullying a political thing if we are going by that statement?
I can’t parse your question, though it could just be me as I’m running on fumes.
Do you mind rephrasing or giving a “ferinstance” so we have an example?
Couldn’t edit, wanted to add:
I saw this example “is speaking on anti-bullying a political thing” but am still not sure what you meant. Plenty of non politicians speak out against bullying, too, so it’s not political for, say, a school principal to make an announcement, right?
Well yes, exactly.
But to clarify more
Why is it that wanting to speak up on social movements is considered “political” just because of the connection to human rights or whatever?
I mean they are just social movements, like why be called a Trump supporter all of the sudden for wanting to speak out on feminism? You never said you were against policies that protect women, you just wanted to speak against the ideology itself.
That’s kind of what I am getting into.
And yeah I know I used a bad example in the op, but considering both are always technically interchangeable then is kind of hard to use a proper example.
Bullying, feminism, social issues, human rights, politics … wat??
…more?
When come back, bring focus.
If you’re asking why you’re being called a “Trump supporter” when you criticize feminism, I believe the reason is that people tend not to recognize nuance in their opponents’ arguments. It’s “outgroup uniformity” as I’ve seen it called.
A lot of social or political opinions become attached to particular political movements even though there’s no obvious reason why they should. People don’t choose their opinions one by one in a vacuum; rather they choose a tribe and then adopt that tribe’s values.
In our democratic system there is no definite distinction between political and social issues. Any social issue that becomes problematic, which is any social issue that persists, will eventually intrude into the political arena when the butt-hurt-if-i-don’t-get-my-way-i’ll-ruin-it-for-you crowd reaches a critical mass. What they can’t change through reasonable discourse they’ll try to put into law and force others to act as they dictate (yet probably don’t even practice themselves).