• whatisallthis@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I just think that whenever there is any discourse on the internet where 2 people disagree (for the record I disagree with that guy as well), people just immediately throw out buzz words as a way to shut down the conversation. It’s so irritating to me.

    Sealioning! Slippery slope! Bad faith! Gish Gallop!

    It’s so cringe to me. People just try to figure out a word for what the other person is doing so they get to stop actually trying to intelligently debate them.

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      1 year ago

      There’s some truth to that but the problem is you don’t have the time or mental energy to deal with every single instance like this, especially if you spend much time online. The poster has absolutely nothing to contribute. They’re dragging it out for the sake of dragging it out, and in effect it’s arguing in bad faith. whether you want to follow up on that and try to engage everyone fully, that’s your call. But I don’t think most people would care that much because the poster just doesn’t have anything to contribute. 

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        1 year ago

        I guess I very rarely see anyone try at all. And in lots of cases it just eliminates any possibility of actually changing a person’s mind. Just calling them a name makes them hate you more and entrenches them in their opinion.

        I guess I don’t have a solution the internet is just a fucking sewer.

    • ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I 100% agree. If you disagree with the hivemind you’re a troll or some other pejorative label and they try to just shut you down and dismiss you.

      People on here like to think they’re better than on reddit but they are exactly the same.