• mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        If you spent more time explaining things rather than “dunking on libs” maybe your movement would be less on the fringe. I don’t have an opinion on who is more authoritarian, which is why it was obnoxious that you matter-of-factly made your point without any substance.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t have a stance on Trotsky. Maybe you should check who you are responding to before you automatically start “dunking on libs”.

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              Genuine question, if you don’t have a stance on Trotsky, and you don’t know fuck all about him, why are you wading into this comment chain in the first place?

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                1 year ago

                You see, the comment sections of divisive posts are a place that you can learn about opinions different than your own or to learn new things. If you want, I can go back to the neoliberal echo chambers where people are actually engaged in discussing things in good faith.

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                  1 year ago

                  If you want to know something you merely have to ask. Maybe explain that you don’t know much about a subject matter.

                  My initial comment was to someone who has an opinion on Trotsky and thus probably knows who he was, so I didn’t feel like typing up a whole-ass essay on the guy. Y’know?

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                    1 year ago

                    This post is the natural reaction to a failed dunk. Perhaps if you want to counter a controversial point without explaining it, don’t bother posting otherwise it’s the intellectual equivalent of “no, u”.