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Comment author: [deleted] 24 January 2012 10:25:35PM *  1 point [-]

I saw you arguing with someone here about the possibility of being "apolitical".

Well apolitical as in not seeing my personal actions through a political lens first but rather primarily guided by my virtue ethics approach (regardless of political strategizing). Not ignoring political consequences, but not letting politics affect my identity.

And naturally in the conventional sense of abstaining from conscious political acts like voting, supporting candidates or talking about politics in everyday life. I also avoid consuming information about current political events, since it is just brain candy, delicious but rots your teeth.

Comment author: Multiheaded 24 January 2012 10:29:30PM 1 point [-]

talking about politics in everyday life

Heh, it's simply hard to visualize that; here in Russia everyone has been talking very loudly about politics to everyone else 24/7, since around 1987. I'm into that too; at least I abstain from vodka :)