Message from @Yakamaru
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its business to the internet too
It's sad that Twitter has become a place where you have to walk on eggshells to avoid getting blocked.
I didn't even have to do anything to get hit with a blocklist
blocked?
I don't fear blocked
I fear being banned
you should try to get as blocked as much as you posibly can, the deeper into the echo chamber your opponents get the less they know
Once someone blocks you, the conversation ends. Where do you go from there?
war or segrigation
I don't block unless someone's earned the total asshole achievement
how does one earn that
Constantly spin and twist your words, try emotional manipulation/blackmail, strawmanning, +++
Well, yeah, in the case of harassment I'd eventually mute or block.
Over time you just get sick and tired of the same regurgitated arguments
The same insults thrown in in subtle ways
if you want to change minds, dont fight soldiers, talk to civilians
Indeed. Talk 101
A group itself, no matter how big or small, is going to be difficult to change. The individuals inside those groups however..
people are more willing to listen to you if they think they know you and like you before they realize you have a ideological opinion that opposes their own
Hence why I talk with people outside of politics
come at someone airing their laundry on twitter with an objection they will see you a stranger that pulled on them a blade in the night
ye
we have this shitty world where people treat politics like some sort of tribal warfare
Unfortunately that is true
it begins with one man who throws a stone
you cant blame the others for defending themselves
it's almost impossible nowadays to be friends with someone with an opposing political stance
its not smart but it is survival
because often
Indeed. Question is. Do they pick up the stone and throw back?
they will treat you like a fucking monster
no
you don't
Exactly
thats a value judgement, there is no right answer before hignsight
It's not impossible but hard, AG. You just have to find the right people, whose mindset doesn't act in such a manner
The platform you talk on also matters
the real sick thing is when you remember that voter turnout in 2016 was something around 50%
I heard it was about 65%?
meaning that there's a decent chance that the hateful asshole who wants to kill you for being Republican didn't vote