Do you think politics makes people angry and is bad for mental health?

[TravelingMaaike]

It's important to be updated, but not to be completely overcome by the news, especially the politics.

Unless there's a general election drawing near, I tend to avoid this political stuff.

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8 mo

You go on Twitter (I think it's X now) and people who claim to have full time jobs, just rant all day, all political too. How do they not get fired?

[BCRanger10]

It can, but I think it also depends on your values, your temperament, and your general disposition and life outlook.

I listen to a lot of political commentary and podcasts (perhaps more than I really should), but I don't usually come away from them feeling particularly angry or otherwise distressed. And that's weird because I'm a pretty heavy melancholic-choleric. I think I just have learned to keep it all in perspective.

[strateguy632]

not politics itself but the closed minded anti republicans who refuse to discuss or write "nothing to debate" and even refuse to read an alternative is the problem. i admitted i was wrong about biden dnc so others needs to man up.

[Yabbut]

The complete obsession some people have with it is just not healthy. When politics makes you hate your neighbors, it might be time to focus on other things.

[sage2021]

I'd say when there was some real action going on, like Trump's old rallies! Then Biden won and now it's not interesting at all - just crazy!

[AngryCarl2]

What's unhealthy is the media. Politics is a fact of life, the media takes every small controversy and magnifies it for the purpose of shock and awe and to generate ratings.

There's no political argument that can't be settled by people voting according to their conscience.

[inhua]

you can't go anywhere these days or watch anything without politics being shoved down your throats

[BigDog1989]

I think trumpists, take things WAYYYYY too far

I wasn't there on "cetification day" when trump OR biden was certified.

But yet, a bunch of those crazy lunatic trump people, were. And you see the result

[Agagagagaga]

Only shitlibs call people “trumpists”. And pussies.

[BigDog1989]

@Agagagagaga Only trumptards, call "liberals, shitlibs, FUCKTARD

[Agagagagaga]

@bigdog1989 Do you need MSNBC to think up your insults too? Maybe give your girlfriends on The View a call. I’m sure working together you can come up with something more interesting, and fitting, than “fucktard.”

You big, wet, sopping vagina of a human being.

[BigDog1989]

Dude, we all know you're a troll, get a life

[exitseven]

Yes, it makes people very angry. It was not always like this.

[jshm2]

Politics, religion, relationships, these are the three things people fight over.

[bowenw]

I agree that it's important to know what's going on but not to be obsessed by it.

[love_conquers_lust]

Yes, that's how they draw people in.

[Mansearching]

Yes definitely

[DerekC321]

It destroys families, honesty.

[msc545]

Yes, of course.

[TallAnon]

I think it's more a lack of self reflection

[BLP11520]

I do think obsession with politics is bad

[driven159]

Yes it lets all the nut cases out into the world.

[eagle1951]

yeah