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Not sure how tired one can be of a state of affairs that’s existed since the first humans humanned.

The politics itself isn't tiring. It's the constant lies and selling that's tiresome.

I'm not tired of the sky being blue. I'm tired of people insisting that the sky is either black or colorless and then constantly shifting the definition of sky to suit their purposes.

What a strange remark. Would you object to somebody saying they are tired of human conflict, hunger, disease? These have all existed for the entirety of humanity, so by your thinking people cannot be tired of them?

I’d consider it more like someone saying they are tired of talking about conflict, hunger and disease.

You think it implausible that somebody might grow weary of discussing such dreary things?

Then maybe they should choose to adopt some non-dreary political beliefs to embrace that they can rationally and honestly defend without lying and gaslighting, so they don't get so weary of people being offended and disagreeing with them. Then they wouldn't have to play the victim and complain about cancel culture so dramatically.

It’s totally plausible and not really all that respectable to whine about it. Especially in this context where one option they have is simply not to click on the article.

No, but it is not so high minded and praiseworthy as your example implied.

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