I was curious how common it is to be, say, a leftist in a very conservative area.

My county, family, and school are all very conservative. It makes it a bit intimidating to engage in any political discussion. I also rarely get to hear leftist opinion anywhere in person, which means i need to devote a lot of time to considering and thinking about arguments that are probably already solved.

Are you, or have you been, in a similar situation?

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 hours ago

    Wildly surrounded. I’m very used to interact with people with vastly different political opinions.

    I have a straight up openly francoist coworker.

    But I’m also surrounded by a lot of left leaning people. It’s kind of diverse here right now.

    Anyway, I think it’s better for you to have to think the arguments rather than you repeating arguments you heard somewhere else. It would make you find your own believes, and have a firmer consolidation on why you believe in what you believe.