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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 449 points –
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On the Internet you're not arguing to convince that person you're arguing with.
You should argue to challenge the statements that person made for other people that will read the thread so those opinions are not out there without any counterarguments

That's basically the game the elites want us to play.

The societal problems are so preposterous and button-click simple to solve for a government as powerful as ours, there's no other logical explanation.

They want our eyes off the ball. That much is clear.

In an Internet argument, it usually takes like 2-3 replies in to figure out if a person is arguing in good or bad faith.

If they are arguing in bad faith, there is no reason not to block them, they are wasting your time

It can be SO tempting to reply to someone who’s being a jerk, but it’s very rarely worth it. I restrain myself because nobody “wins” an argument online. It’s just two bickering losers.

I've literally changed my position on important matters due to patient and considerate discussions that occured entirely on the Internet (Facebook of all places, if you can believe it). But yeah, with a jerk acting as a troll, that's not going to happen, no matter how much you might wish for it.

I used to be proud of how I never blocked anybody.

Now I don't look back:-).

Live and learn.

Peace is boring. I want people's messy ugly opinions about stupid shit that doesn't matter. It gets me out of bed in the morning

Whats Samuel L Jackson got to do with this

Not a damn thing, motherfucker.

But that's ok, cause that's James Earl Jones, not Sam Jackson.

I dont block people. I see how it's useful and help deal with trolls, but it gives people the easy path out of discussion and actually thinking about something.

It gets to a point where you just block anyone who disagrees with you and leads to the bubble life.

For me, i think that all ideas, even the bad ones, should have a voice. They should have a place in the world, hearing both good and bad ideas can help to separate them and identify people who srgue in bad faith.

Although that decision came from spending time fruitlessly arguing with people on the site that shall not be named.

Nope. Block them.

There's an unending supply of morons with insane opinions. You are not going to run out.

Yeah, that doesn't bother me. But that's my opinion. If you dont like it, i guess you can block me? 😜

The guy is/was banging his granddaughter, he may know something about not giving a fuck.

Gonna need a source here

I can't find anything definitive. The guy that murdered his grand daughter claims that she told him: https://people.com/crime/morgan-freeman-sex-with-granddaughter-murder-suspect-claims/

That's a yikes statement, in and of itself. I see allegations and vehement denials. I think that's the last thing I'm gonna google for tonight. Godspeed stranger!

A murderer throws out "nuh uh I was too high to be guilty of this murder I obviously committed and anyways the victim's famous grandparent abused them" doesn't exactly scream credible.

I can’t tell if they deliberately put a comma there in order to change the meaning of the phrase.