Before you block me as well (I suppose you will want to do that, as I similarly express unpopular opinions here), could you please answer just one question that intrigues me?
Why is the USA left (I hope it's not controversial to say that majority on lemmy are left-leaning?), that clearly considers itself to be more intelligent than the right (the right are all conspiracy theorists, all believe in flat earth, don't trust the science/vaccines, vote for Trump because they are dumb, etc.), is so incapable of having a civilized discussion and exchange of opinions, confuses facts and opinions, and instead prefers to silently downvote everything they don't agree with and block people with different opinions?
Well, thats a good question. I‘ll take it literally first:
The left as a whole suffers from large quantities of unreflected people who will repeat stuff without thinking about it, unable to discuss like grown ups. Thats has nothing to do with the US imo.
Now I‘m gonna try and read what you actually wanted to say/answered: I blocked these individuals because they were unable to discuss but had to unilaterally dump their „everything is lost“ narrative and my life isnt long enough to waste time with people who are that far out.
Does this mean you can call me unable to discuss differing opinions? Absolutely! Is it actually true? Not in my opinion.
You can do whatever you like with this. Have a good one.
That's quite a reasonable one, except
they were unable to discuss
because AFAICS nobody tried to discuss anything with them, so for me it wouldn't be an easy task to grade their discussion skills. On the other hand I suppose you have a point that their message doesn't invite a discussion either..
What a downer. Blocked.
Before you block me as well (I suppose you will want to do that, as I similarly express unpopular opinions here), could you please answer just one question that intrigues me?
Why is the USA left (I hope it's not controversial to say that majority on lemmy are left-leaning?), that clearly considers itself to be more intelligent than the right (the right are all conspiracy theorists, all believe in flat earth, don't trust the science/vaccines, vote for Trump because they are dumb, etc.), is so incapable of having a civilized discussion and exchange of opinions, confuses facts and opinions, and instead prefers to silently downvote everything they don't agree with and block people with different opinions?
Well, thats a good question. I‘ll take it literally first:
The left as a whole suffers from large quantities of unreflected people who will repeat stuff without thinking about it, unable to discuss like grown ups. Thats has nothing to do with the US imo.
Now I‘m gonna try and read what you actually wanted to say/answered: I blocked these individuals because they were unable to discuss but had to unilaterally dump their „everything is lost“ narrative and my life isnt long enough to waste time with people who are that far out.
Does this mean you can call me unable to discuss differing opinions? Absolutely! Is it actually true? Not in my opinion.
You can do whatever you like with this. Have a good one.
That's quite a reasonable one, except
because AFAICS nobody tried to discuss anything with them, so for me it wouldn't be an easy task to grade their discussion skills. On the other hand I suppose you have a point that their message doesn't invite a discussion either..
Thanks, you too.
Might as well block me too while you're at it
Sure. Your wish is my command.