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You seem confused, how can I best help you?
You ask for criteria on when it's too important to vote 3rd party. I give you criteria. You say, it doesn't matter, I'm still voting 3rd party. What was the point of that whole interaction if nothing could possibly change your mind?
Does anything I say ever change your mind?
I dunno about you specifically but one of your ilk convinced me that Social Democracy is not really socialism and is more like a flavor of Liberalism. Just off the top of my head. Another one convinced me that some forms of anarchy are a viable system of government, though not my preferred one.
I don't understand. My ilk? Care to clarify what ilk I am of?
And because people you knew talked about social democracy and anarchy, you decided that I must have some sinister agenda?! I'm not clear about the connection you are making.
They don't need to say it
Maybe they are afraid to say it.
Maybe you're too cowardly to admit what you are doing.
But I have said what I am doing. Multiple times. You are the one that thinks I'm lying. So it's up to you to tell us what your theory is.
Admit the truth and hundreds of people can move on.
I have. What do you think the truth is if you don't believe mine?
I meant the truth. Not just a deflection. Why in the name of fuck would you endure near universal hate all the time? What could you possibly get out of it?
Do I really get universal hate? Because every time I bring that up, people tell me I’m just playing the victim and it’s not true at all. So now I’m just confused.
Do random anonymous comments online actually matter to you so much that you can’t understand how someone else might not care about that kind of nonsense? Wow.
Well, you do you. But me? I’m not bothered by the haters—if there are any, that is. Some people here say I’m just imagining it and playing the victim, while you’re saying I get "universal hate." Whew! Things shift pretty fast around here!
Blah blah blah. I can read, just blabbering on doesn't make my ability to read disappear. Yes, practically every interaction you have is someone telling you what you're doing is awful
Ok, so we are going with the whole universal hate for me thing, and not me just making it up and being a victim cuz everyone is really nice to me. Right? I just wanna get some clarity where we are today.
I have no idea what this means. You may have me mixed up with one of your other 200 haters
You literally said: "I meant the truth. Not just a deflection. Why in the name of fuck would you endure near universal hate all the time? What could you possibly get out of it?" https://lemmy.world/comment/12438004
Did you forget our conversation already?
I know you're just trying to frustrate me into insulting you. I obviously was talking about this incoherent babble
What do you mean?! I'm not sophisticated enough to trick you. Come on man, you know that. Besides, I like you!
So not gonna address the fact that this made zero sense either huh? I said nothing about everyone being nice to you but here you are raving about that.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Ah that old chestnut. Every time something looks bad on you, you play dumb.
Come on, friend. You know me better than that. I'm not sophisticated enough to use that ploy.
Oh, so then you will explain why you just said I claimed everyone is nice to you?
So you don't think people are nice to me, then?