I sometimes find it hard to distinguish between people who are cleverly deflecting & people with genuinely confused thinking.
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I usually assume it's the latter & waste lots of time clarifying distinctions & principles & the point to eventually recognise bad faith.
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But sometimes I think it's bad faith when its actually someone who does make all kinds of strange conflations & confusions totally sincerely
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And I'm not saying that from a position of assumed superiority where I do not conflate & confuse things which are different & distinct.
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I am hopelessly confused on many issues & entirely ignorant of many more and I appreciate ppl being patient & explaining them simply to me.
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But I'm quite clear on the distinctions between people & ideas and between criticising things & banning them & it worries me that many arent
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And it feels like some people genuinely aren't & then I really want to take time talking to them but others are just fucking me about.
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Above all, I hate ppl who are skilled at making subtle distortions & seemingly 'logical' conclusions which actually miss the point entirely.
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I'm not good at dealing with these people & let them draw me into arguing with them on their terms abt things which weren't the point.
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So I greatly admire ppl who can spot the attempted deflection or distortion & point out the problem & restate the point or principle at hand
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Stop mathreading! You have internalised misogyny.
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