If I had more blind faith in the decency of people, I would be quite disappointed in what I've seen from them in the past few days.
I had one guy telling me, from what he seemed to believe was a "libertarian" perspective, why I shouldn't be criticizing those celebrating a public murder. When I was able to knock down every one of his points, he retreated to pure statist drivel. He got a participation trophy; I walked away and left him to his pit of hatred.
I've done that a lot, recently.
I've been called a "Groyper", "Far-Right", been told I'm lying, and various other things in an attempt to insult me. I've been told to provide evidence for things that are self-evident. I've not responded to the vast majority of the trolls. I don't need to. Like the guy above, I let them stew. If they're that bad at thinking, what could I say to them anyway?
It's amusing how often I'm criticized for defending someone with whom I have major disagreements. It happens constantly, but it's the price of principles.
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I like the image statement for this post. It reminds me of a message I occasionally remind myself of and while I realize that as the creator and publisher of a website you can’t really do what this warning cautions me about, it does have a similar pertinence.
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I've been doing more walking away recently. It aggravates me to do that- probably nearly as much as arguing with them. But I hope, in the long run, it will bring me peace.
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