I think an important facet here is the fact that I don't just disengage with people because I'm afraid of debating them or whatever. Most people's opinions are locked the fuck in and there's nothing you can say that will ever change what they think.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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dont feed the troll - felix will say the most misogynistic shit imaginable and then hide behind the smarmiest "its just jokes y u so mad bro??"
only reason ive not blocked felix is so i can bring this shit up when they post obvious ragebait
Felix is definitely a Russian grandpa
This is a type of pettiness I can get behind!
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Missing the decades in which they tried persuading, debating, discussing and educating up to this tipping point, this final straw, all to no avail.
Are we supposed to just keep trying forever, pointlessly? Exhaustingly? Every day? For another 30 years?
At some point for our own mental wellbeing it's time to consider that some people will simply never change, are closed to any and all discussions, and it's best for ourselves to stop trying over and over, and focus on our own mental health instead.
I was idealistic once, and would have said there's never a time to stop trying to fix other people, to help them see a different viewpoint, or mortality, etc, but some people just can't be fixed. All you're really doing by continuing to try is breaking yourself in the process. Be kind to yourself <3
I'm always gonna try to persuade others to be kinder and more responsible, but I don't bother with people who A: have chosen to ignore future arguments, B: hurt those who try to persuade them. I'll keep talking to any absolute shithead who actively listens and doesn't attack Me.
A: have chosen to ignore future arguments, B: hurt those who try to persuade them.
this has been the core conservative M.O. for decades, metastasizing into trump's constant assault on any statement anywhere that isn't heaping fawning praise on him. "fake news" he says, and that is instantly parroted by his cult following. there is no "persuade" with people who have chosen to discard reality in favor of the completely insane fantasy land of the cult hive maga mind.
so yea. unfriend, burn those bridges, and never miss an opportunity to shame, mock, and ridicule all fascists' wrong viewpoints and opinions
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Iβm not debating my right to literally exist with anyone. Fuck right off.
Right? This isn't about pineapple on pizza. It's jot even how taxes should be spent, or the economy on general.
If you're against my right as a human being to exist, there's nothing to pursuade or debate. Just fuck off out of my life.
Debate? Have you tried persuade tankie that Putin's action on Ukraine is bad?
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This assumes good intent no? Usually the issues I'm not willing to debate or discuss with some dick head is because they're, in fact not trying to debate with good intent.
yeah feels like %90 online discussions now a days are in bad faith
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Ah yes, when far right extremists complain about people not wanting to listen to them.
Fitting OP's account as usual.
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The irony of posting this to Lemmy
don't you think this is an ironic comic to post for an account whose main contributions to this community are comics in the format of "turns to guy I don't like: you are fucking stupid"
Ah, you're right. Instead, I should waste away my precious little free time in pointless online """"debates"""" with people who may or may not be AI propaganda chatbots.
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To be honest with ya. I thought about this and after dealing with some nasty dipshit on IRC after I blocked them with my client due to their politics.
I am going to say. That I'm glad I didn't have to listen to them threaten me and my friends afterwards or throw a hissy fit over me saying some pretty hard line things.
Like I will not give these people air to even breathe. I don't want to interact with rightoid politics because these people are way too far gone that nothing I can say or anyone else is going to do anything to change their shitty opinions.
The time for civil debate is over when these people start acting like children or make up stuff like Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Communities of any kind in my opinion have every right to defend themselves alongside individuals against shitty people.
Didnβt you just post something with the opposite message, not even a month ago?
I can't tell if these are meant as messages or just observations
Edit: I had not considered the third possibility: shitposts
The poster of this fascist boomer shit is exactly who I expected. π«©
"Unfriend" ? What year is it
I think if Reddit/Lemmy users want to do anything more than preaching to the choir during their time online and build actual bridges, they need to go on Facebook. Because there's no way Facebook boomers are coming over here.
Or you could, you know: go outside and talk to people IRL? (touching grass, as it were)
Who is that 3rd person?
Stefan, who was sleeping with both of them until last week.
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If I wasn't against it, social media would not show me this.
Everything is better disconnected online. There no convincing people online. Only in person, where people are more moderate, and more likely to express more moderate views or not fall/goad into petty debate.
... except for Felix.
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