I guess that’s true. Personally I like to give everybody a chance and if they decide to be unhinged toward me and ignore any and all attempts I make to have us meet in the middle, they get a block. I used to think that blocking people was weak and that I should be able to find common ground with others no matter what, but at this point in my life, I have accepted that some people aren’t just misunderstood or misunderstanding me or are just having a bad day. Some people are just assholes and a waste of time, so block.
But honestly, someone can belong to any group or ideology, genuinely, any one of them and I will still try and meet them as a person first and be open minded. I have talked to unhinged leftwing extremists and I have talked to unhinged right-wing extremists, religious, atheists, vegans, you name it, and I have found the humanity in them or I have accepted that they are not worth my time. It always depends on the individual, but some individuals are so stuck in the hivemind of their ideology that there really isn’t much individual to connect with. And that is kind of scary and sad to come across that. Both online and irl.
True, I should leave it instead of fighting, but I still feel like discussing can be helpful for people stumbling on those posts later. I don’t want them to believe the opposite side just because I stopped answering
It’s really easy to be manipulated into believing what people write here is true. Most people think the same thing, and it’s vastly different from reality
I guess that’s true. Personally I like to give everybody a chance and if they decide to be unhinged toward me and ignore any and all attempts I make to have us meet in the middle, they get a block. I used to think that blocking people was weak and that I should be able to find common ground with others no matter what, but at this point in my life, I have accepted that some people aren’t just misunderstood or misunderstanding me or are just having a bad day. Some people are just assholes and a waste of time, so block.
But honestly, someone can belong to any group or ideology, genuinely, any one of them and I will still try and meet them as a person first and be open minded. I have talked to unhinged leftwing extremists and I have talked to unhinged right-wing extremists, religious, atheists, vegans, you name it, and I have found the humanity in them or I have accepted that they are not worth my time. It always depends on the individual, but some individuals are so stuck in the hivemind of their ideology that there really isn’t much individual to connect with. And that is kind of scary and sad to come across that. Both online and irl.
True, I should leave it instead of fighting, but I still feel like discussing can be helpful for people stumbling on those posts later. I don’t want them to believe the opposite side just because I stopped answering
It’s really easy to be manipulated into believing what people write here is true. Most people think the same thing, and it’s vastly different from reality