1. It's really frustrating to me that more people don't understand that racist/alt-right people have gamified their rhetoric; they're not interested in discussion, they're slapping down cards from a "Debate: The Gathering" stack, and the only goal is taking heads.
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4. I don't have time anymore to diddle about with children who think other people's lives are some sort of turn-based game, especially when all they want is to hurt other people. And it bothers me more people, especially those with power, don't understand this shit.
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5. I'm not going to tell people not to engage with these chuckleheads. But don't engage with them on their terms. Engage with them on your own. One, they hate that, and two, it exposes what they're doing as a pointless, hateful exercise, and them as awful people.
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6. In sum: Understand what these folks are doing. Refuse to play along. And if you choose, point out to others the hollowness of their game. Because their "game" is to hurt other people, and then go on to the next target. Their game is other people's lives. (/end)
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The only way to successfully engage them at this game is to pick the board up and beat them over the head with it. (Which, on twitter, means getting their sorry ass banned, which is easier said than done given how Nazi-friendly twitter is, as an institution.)
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It's one of the reasons why I think Silicon Valley has a sociopathic streak. There are others. They're often better at communicating with machines than with people. It doesn't have to be Nazi-friendly, just Nazi-blind, as long as you don't use the symbols
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Seems like the alternative is to let their hate and lies go unchecked, and that feels like a losing move too.
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True, however this is only those in powerful/influential positions. Trump supporters,( with all due respect), aren't that smart.
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Some of them are smart and full of hate. Dismiss their philosophy, but note that they got the White House with these tactics. I should be so "dumb" as that.
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I have felt exactly this way about my run-ins with Libertarians over the years.
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