"Reason, science, etc." are generally good things, though by no means do they encompass all worthy human endeavors, and this guy wrote a stupid and facile book in their defense, who cares, let's get on with our lives... but no, let's all die on his hill.
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Its so tiring.
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I retweeted a couple of takes on why he is a con man and huckster and left it at that.
Have been sorely tempted to say more, but fuck that guy.
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Usually my policy is to block an annoyance that shows up in my mentions (not the people tweeting/retweeting, but the source account).
Bit difficult when it's all over the place, though. I don't block people for having one or two annoying pet topics.
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Agreed. Its just that this cycle keeps happening over and over again in the media. I wish I could block the whole social dynamic without just jumping off the internet entirely. I usually ignore it, but then I get *the urge* to comment, and I wish I wouldn't...
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That sounds bothersome. To be fair, I also have that.
Mostly, though, I've resigned myself to many people being wrong (& stubborn) to bother trying.
I only engage people in discussion now if I see any chance whatsoever of getting a point across, which is rare. Elsewise, I blog.
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It's annoying, because occasionally I do want to throw my keyboard at someone. But I find I rarely think about morons anymore, which is nice.