paulitician
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- Oct 7, 2011
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Trolls gonna troll, right?Pffft. They didn't even have a tank. ...or flamethrowers.
Back to sleep, people.
They're too busy stuffing their fat faces, watching porn & sports to care. They'll just go on feeling real smug spewing their 'Tinfoil Hat' insults. It comforts them.
Unfortunately, many people can't respect the difference between vigilance and declarative certainty.
It's not limited to one side. The left mocks the right for failed e.g. "invasion" predictions. The right mocks the left for failed "10 million climate refugees by 2010" predictions. The trouble, of course, is that some outlandish predictions are wrong... until they're right.
Online message boards would be far more intellectually profitable places if contributors spent less time mocking opposing viewpoints and more time engaged in critical inquiry, even if that involves a willing suspension of disbelief.
Pointed rhetoric, satire, joking, even parody are appropriate at times, but they shouldn't constitute your primary contributions. If opponents' theories have even a shred of merit to them, do unto others as you would have them do unto you: engage them with a modicum of respect. If you consistently accomplish that, you'll do well.
Ridiculing and Shaming works for em. It makes most feel safer. They don't want to contemplate what's really going on around them. They'd much rather ridicule, stuff their fat faces, watch their porn/sports, and stick their heads in the sand. So i don't get offended by their insults anymore. It's just the way it is. I've moved on.