TRUE communism!
TRUE communism!
Cross-posted from "TRUE communism!" by @Muaddib@sopuli.xyz in !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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I don't think it was with you specifically, more hexbear in general? https://lemmy.ml/post/28545991
Oh, good catch!
I sure do love being treated like I'm a part of a hivemind, and that everyone on Hexbear is interchangeable with no individual characteristics... 🫠 /s
Seriously though, I thought that was an odd statement, but that makes sense.
Yup, that was me. Sorry for mixing you up. I guess you spoke to me like a human there first, that's why your name stuck.
I feel it still doesn't take away too much from my argument. While OP's post is outright malicious and is meant to start a fight, I wasn't doing that on what I thought was a proper place for discussion.
Again, I don't want to jump to conclusions, and I did make a mistake, but don't you see what I'm trying to get at?
Personally, I try my best to adhere to the principle of "no investigation, no right to speak." I'm not perfect at that, but I do my best. Someone who has a strong stance on a subject without doing the due dilligence to justify that strong stance muddies the water. I believe you were guilty of it over in that thread, and I believe OP is guilty of it here. Does that make sense?
Goodness, does it ever.
But my problem was that the group put me in a box. Nobody wanted to know my level of education, just if I read this or that book on communism.
It is a totally fair reason not to engage in argument. It's just... How can I put it...? Just because I didn't read a book, I can't be knowledgable on a subject?
My guesses are that your community is so exposed to bad faith arguments, so you cannot give everyone the time of day. I haven't gone back to reread the thread, but you can probably see how I was basically backing into a corner through the whole thread.
It's a combination of Hexbear having a higher population of well-read communists and anarchists than most instances, and your guess that there are so many bad-faith responses that they are quickly shut down. Hexbear also doesn't have downvotes, so people are forced to actually reply if they want to express why they disagree.
As I said in the other comment, once you stepped back and clarified your position more, you were treated better.