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The reality is that people are mocked when they hold political beliefs that mockers don't share.

Political commentary online is neither fair nor honest. It creates negative value for any platform.

You can always find a way to mock someone, for even the most common and innocent behaviors.

>You can always find a way to mock someone, for even the most common and innocent behaviors.

Thus ancient greek comedy and how influential it was in public opinion!

That’s not what he wrote — you’re filling in his empty vessel of a comment with context you’ve created. And we can certainly debate how people talk about politics online, but that’s way way more complicated and nuanced of a topic than “it’s weird when people get mocked for changing their mind.”

Weird how? What does that even mean? What does “mocked” mean? Someone says something nasty on Twitter? Your kids make fun of you at dinner? What topic are you changing your mind about? A zoning issue in the town in which you live? Or have you suddenly realized that LGBTQ+ folks deserve rights after decades of people trying to convince you? Or did you listen to Joe Rogan and now you think vaccines contain tracking chips that let George Soros know when you use the bathroom?

Context!

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