“breaking new liberals are ignorant” i know this isnt new to us but i couldnt resist and entered a political discord server and debated with someone on why Lenin wasnt anti-semite? and why Marx wasnt anti-semite either especially considering how his father is jewish himself…and then the guy switched to how the soviet union was anti-semitic because they seized synagogues belongings? and i tried to explain why this wasnt directed at jews but rather religious institutions as a whole because of the power they held in the russian empire…he also used the “muh authoritarianism, vanguard party authoritarian” which ofcourse he would mention not knowing that reactionary movements would have eleminated the revolutionary progress made if it werent for the vanguard party protecting it. He then proceeded to compare the vanguard party to israel because i said the vanguard party and with it the people need to hold all power to protect the revolution which he translated into “yuh but if you are anti-israel that means that israel should also protect itself from the palestinians for its survival” (him being pro-israel). Funny thing is that he considered himself a socialist eventhough he admitted to not like marx and called himself a pre-marxist socialist? He also admitted to never have read theory and this is the part that annoys me the most: He called himself a socialist…

Everytime i try to be reasonable with these people they pull out the most randome take out of their asses and i try to educate them but they mock me. All i can hope for is that they will become class-conscious and be enlightened about the all the trash propaganda they have been fed…but aslong as this isnt the case if fear they will need to face the wall if they keep being the enemies of the people

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most of the time, debating online is just useless. frustrating. pointless. who cares if somebody is wrong on the internet.

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true, its a guilty pleasure of mine tho…idek why, the sheer shock of being exposed to these radioactive amounts of bullshit make it hard to look away…like a car accident

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yes, it’s the same for everybody. and sometimes you just encounter positions that are just so pure lunacy that you feel the URGE to say something. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land.

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And the reason they hold those completely nonsensical opinions is because they know people can’t resist telling them how wrong they are. They do it for attention. And there are a lot of people like that out there, especially young people, because they aren’t getting the attention they need in their real life, so they fish for any kind of attention, even people calling them dumbasses on the internet, because they’re so desperate for it.

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Use when you realize you went too far

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The fools talk much more than the wise. I wonder about just blocking most of the people I don’t find interesting. Then I could only see writings from sensible and interesting people.

Maybe there is a technical solution, which doesn’t require so much effort by the user.

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technical solution are palliatives, but why not…

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for your own mental health, set some limits on how much you engage with this sort of thing

it’s fine to make an effort post/response on occasion, but do not assume you are going to convince anyone really, just write for the lurkers

do not get drawn into the shit, just make your points/refutations as clear and concise as possible

the internet traffic flows based on a ‘best effort’ protocol, so just make a best effort if you feel compelled, but don’t keep getting ‘baited’ by shit libs

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Is this a post seeking in-group reassurance and/or an attempt to divide and dogpile? What are you hoping to achieve here?

Regardless of your political point of view, good faith discourse and debate, including disagreements, is healthy and should be encouraged.

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the problem is that not everyone you debate with is in good faith.

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this post wasn’t made for your instance to talk in it.

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Funny thing is that he considered himself a socialist even though he admitted to not like marx and called himself a pre-marxist socialist?

Any time someone identifies with some outdated or obscure ideology you already know the conversation isn’t going anywhere useful.

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No no no, let me continue to argue with a guy who describes himself as a “neo-bonapartiste”???

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Egoists are hilarious. Like, cool, buddy, you managed to find the most individualist ideology, so individualist in fact that nobody but you fucking cares!

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I had to deal with one of them in my local group years back. To the point where they straight had Engel’s drawing of Stirner as their profile pic, and i just replied with “nice egon spengler avatar dude”.

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does “neo-bonapartiste” mean his partner cheats on him and he has to let it slide so he doesn’t look weak?

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That’s more of a “neo-bone-apart-us”

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6 points

neo-bonapartiste

People really go out of their way to call themselves fascists without calling themselves fascists.

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23 points

Just dunk on them and refuse to elaborate, it’s simple really.

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