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Twice recently I engaged on other people's feeds to disagree with them (one about vaccines, the other about woke stuff), and I got pinged for a while with people dropping really cruel insults on the people I was disagreeing with. This is *not* cool; don't be part of a pileon
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Insults don't change minds, they just signal to others and make you feel better about yourself. Even if it's a mild jab, even if you seriously disagree, keep in mind higher-profile people at the center of controversy are probly getting lots of abuse and you should chill
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you might not mind the thought of a mild jab, but a thousand mild jabs suck really bad; if someone is in the middle of a hot debate or if they're high profile, they are getting a thousand mild jabs that you can't see
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Counterpoint: Most people, on Twitter especially, are arguing in bad faith and actually cannot change their minds on most subjects. If you can insult those people in a creative and funny way, you probably have a better chance of convincing those observing the conversation.
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