TLDR, I’m going to be seeking out political confrontation. If you find that exhausting, or pointless, I get it, but this is my choice and I enjoy it. You can always tell me to reign it in if we’re 1 on 1, but understand this is something I’m choosing to do more because I’m passionate about it.
The current state of political discourse in the world is horrible. We’re seeing a rise in facism and bigotry and it’s somehow seen as the “logical” response by too many people. I’ve always had an interest in discussion, debate, even street epistemology, all in an effort to convince persuadable people.
People have told me for years. “Why argue with these people? They’re not arguing in good faith.” I agree with that more than I ever have, yet I still think it is important to show those who are arguing in good faith that there are leftist willing to have these discussions. Most of them are lost causes, but let’s show people that they’re the irrational ones. I think I possess a specific set of skills and probably spicy autism that allows me to have these discussions, enjoy them, and do well in them.
I got in a little situation commenting on a situation in the Smash community and had a wave of anti-woke people in my replies.
I don’t even hold all those views in the original post anymore after further exploration, but that’s not important, I love the thrill I got from arguing with these people. I have these discussions in my head constantly. I believe I can argue the other side of these issues better than the people arguing them. If I’m wrong, I truly want to know. I really truly care about being correct so if I can learn more I’m happy to. I don’t want to ever let my pride stand in the way of believing what is right. Clearly, you need to take my word that this is how I operate, but I hope to operate in a way that demonstrates this.
So if this isn’t something you’re about, I get it. I’ll try to maintain normalcy with those who aren’t interested in this stuff, but after seeing how I responded to this opposition, I saw myself get excited in a way I haven’t seen in a long time. It was similar to hosting my first tournament. This is passion. This is what I want to do.
I have a twitter space discussion planned with someone who is a fellow esports organizer who has different views and way more followers, and honestly, I’m super excited. I can’t wait to flex my stuff. I hope he doesn’t cancel.
I’m gonna stream it too, and I hope to do more political content, I have no idea how that will manifest, but we’ll see how it manifests. I have a huge interest in street epistemology, so I’d love to bring that sort of content to gaming somehow, but we’ll see what that looks like.
Again, no hard feelings if this isn’t your thing. I get it. This is just something I need to try. Who knows, I might burn myself out immediately, but life is too short to not run with something that I’m feeling super passionate about. I hope you tag along with me on this journey.
Bernard Lamar Rice 