Neoliberals never seem to get around to actually address what’s being said. They just hem and haw about why they can’t do anything about it, as they pull their SUVs into the third stall in their garage.
Honestly, it feels even more pernicious than that. People like him just try on opinion like hats, to borrow from the “alt-right playbook,” then discard them when they are no longer convenient. They aren’t even trying to make a coherent argument, they’re just trying to tear down the argument of whoever they are talking to. And when that fails, they just go “well, it’s not like I ever made a statement about what I believe. I’m just explaining the logic” and similar nonsense.
I know better than to get all pissed off and escalate things, but I’m just finding it so goddamn frustrating at this point. I am so tired of people misrepresenting arguments I couldn’t have possibly been any clearer about.
I was hoping this place would be less like Reddit, but every day it feels more like it again. I’m sure I’ve contributed in my own ways, but I don’t know. I guess my optimism has been misplaced.
I’ve certainly noticed the change. There are some posts lately that are indistinguishable from those on alt-right breeding grounds like 4chan and reddit. That’s why I wasn’t too gung-ho about persuading people to join Lemmy – there were a lot of people on reddit I was hoping wouldn’t come.
I’ve started using raddle more, which comes with its own problems, but at least I don’t have to start by convincing people not to hate marginalized groups every time I open my inbox.
Raddle is a site similar to reddit, but it’s run by anarchists (anarcho-primitivists to be specific, but I’ve never felt unwelcome as an anarcho-communist)
Neoliberals never seem to get around to actually address what’s being said. They just hem and haw about why they can’t do anything about it, as they pull their SUVs into the third stall in their garage.
Honestly, it feels even more pernicious than that. People like him just try on opinion like hats, to borrow from the “alt-right playbook,” then discard them when they are no longer convenient. They aren’t even trying to make a coherent argument, they’re just trying to tear down the argument of whoever they are talking to. And when that fails, they just go “well, it’s not like I ever made a statement about what I believe. I’m just explaining the logic” and similar nonsense.
I think you’re spot on.
I know better than to get all pissed off and escalate things, but I’m just finding it so goddamn frustrating at this point. I am so tired of people misrepresenting arguments I couldn’t have possibly been any clearer about.
I was hoping this place would be less like Reddit, but every day it feels more like it again. I’m sure I’ve contributed in my own ways, but I don’t know. I guess my optimism has been misplaced.
I’ve certainly noticed the change. There are some posts lately that are indistinguishable from those on alt-right breeding grounds like 4chan and reddit. That’s why I wasn’t too gung-ho about persuading people to join Lemmy – there were a lot of people on reddit I was hoping wouldn’t come.
I’ve started using raddle more, which comes with its own problems, but at least I don’t have to start by convincing people not to hate marginalized groups every time I open my inbox.
What’s raddle?
Raddle is a site similar to reddit, but it’s run by anarchists (anarcho-primitivists to be specific, but I’ve never felt unwelcome as an anarcho-communist)
https://raddle.me/
I go by ObiWanHelloThere_wav on raddle