"Never-Biden leftists" are just Trumpists. Obviously. How naïve are we here? There are two types of interactions in this, again, straight-up culture war: interactions that get Trump elected and interactions that don't get Trump elected.
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If you have a way to make an affirmative case that leads to Trump not being elected, I very much encourage you do that. If you are on the Internet telling people to not push back against bad-faith narratives that get Trump elected, you're getting Trump elected.
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Replying to @MudDude4 @studentactivism
I want to push back on the idea that because you see something on the Internet that means you must respond because if you don't it's sitting there as a siren song "converting normies" as we speak (I know, I know, physician heal thyself)
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It sounds like a great recipe for spending 100% of your time screaming at trolls online while not actually changing what anyone thinks about anything
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Replying to @arthur_affect @studentactivism
I have to say, this "cost of opportunity" argument would be a lot more compelling if anybody could point at the actually effective alternatives. Because so far they aren't working great, either. Definitely not on the online space.
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Replying to @MudDude4 @studentactivism
Arguing isn't effective either though It's like the least effective thing, it's absurdly ineffective That's why they're trying to get you to do it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @studentactivism
No, they're trying to get you to do it because either you don't, and it seems like you lost, or you do, and they trust they can force you into a gotcha. You can absolutely win an argument with them if you assume that the ones keeping score are the ones not posting, though.
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Replying to @MudDude4 @studentactivism
Lol no you can't Jesus Christ I think I know more about playing this game than you do and as a result I'm a lot more jaded about it than you It's not actual persuasion of any kind, it's just entertainment
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Replying to @arthur_affect
On that last part we agree. It's entertainment of the exact same kind Fox news pumps out every day. You're giving people who agree with you comfort that they're right and people who disagree with you reason to be angry. The question is what it does to everyone else.
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Replying to @MudDude4
It obviously has a much bigger effect ON YOU than it has on the totally imaginary people watching and your need to believe those people exist and you're not just wasting your time shouting into the void is pathological
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I mean there's an analytics tab on Twitter now, you can check to see how many impressions you're actually getting when you fight with the trolls and see if I'm wrong but I'm probably right
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