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Pah, one can have a productive argument with any person who disagrees and wants to respond.

I'm not so insecure in my beliefs that I need anyone to change their mind or "admit they lost." Asking questions can be just as satisfying as a good rant. Er, "explanation."

⚡⛥ Wight Power ⛦⚡ 1y ago

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> Pah, one can have a productive argument with any person who disagrees and wants to respond.

You must be new. There's a ubiquitous personality on fedi (which you can pretty much cut/paste as though they were poorly constructed AI bots) that just goes into random threads, calls everyone some racial slur (eg. nigger, street shitter, (((whatever))), etc), lobs some ad hominems or other personal attacks, often addressed to their fellow fuckwits instead of the person being spoken of, and then declares it a win without ever even addressing the argument or attempting to understand there's nuance beyond their own existing halfwit bigotry. Their culture is to move around in gangs to show up in a thread so they can bukkake all over the discussion as they wank each other off to the sounds of their own self congratulatory hurr durr's. Hence the term "Don't feed the trolls."

You can try to talk sense with these types of people, but you'll just end up wasting your time as they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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Scoundrel 1y ago

Excuse yourself, nostr:nprofile1qqsdnkaqupetmv6nm7cqyr0ptyfx4ar7d8sn8653h02gazldudejpcsppamhxue69uhh5cts9emkzarrdqq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd4hhxarj9ec82cspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu3fkjgm is a fine resident of our Nostr utopia in progress, ActivityPub users such as yourself have to content yourself with getting our posts over the bridge.

I've been around this culture plenty. Funnyjunk.com is not too dissimilar by my judgement, and I was arguing with people there for years. I have been called plenty of meaningless slurs, but I've also been called more personal and well thought out slurs too.

I have plenty of experience arguing on that level. I could probably translate back and forth between any philosophical argument and its equivalent crude personal insult.

Also she(?) is not trolling! Trolling involves making ironic posts in an attempt to measure people's reactions. That's very different from making abrasive posts and generally provoking people. Or even just good old posting controversial thoughts and beliefs, which is what I suspect is going on here.

CensorThis 1y ago

That guy calls himself a libertarian and then gets insulted at free speech.

Scoundrel 1y ago

Shit man, I call myself a Libertarian and I think all drugs are evil. Just because you think someone should be allowed to do something doesn't mean you believe that it's good if they actually do it. It's perfectly consistent to think people should be allowed to say whatever they want, and that they should also be ignored the moment they do so.

vinney...axkl 1y ago

This is way too difficult for most people to understand. Somehow

Scoundrel 1y ago

Not really. Most of the time it's just irrelevant. Most of the time Libertarianism isn't relevant. Libertarianism can't make you a good and responsible human being. All it can do is prevent you from being evil. Plenty of Libertarians are ethically neutral pathetic moochers. A Libertarian philosophy isn't enough to explain those losers.