trek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy can't we have friendly discourselemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down112
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageWhy can't we have friendly discourselemmy.worldtrek32@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up140·4 months agoIt’s a bit weird they don’t see the irony.
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up101·4 months agoThey don’t understand irony. Or civility. Or empathy. But we can definitely all agree they are weird.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·4 months agoIt’s not that they don’t understand; that’s too excusing/gives them too much credit. It’s that they deliberately do not care, and see “discourse” solely as a fight to be won by any means necessary, including blatant bad faith.
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months ago100% agree with this. Just started reading Black Pill by Elle Reeve and it says much the same
It’s a bit weird they don’t see the irony.
They don’t understand irony. Or civility. Or empathy.
But we can definitely all agree they are weird.
It’s not that they don’t understand; that’s too excusing/gives them too much credit. It’s that they deliberately do not care, and see “discourse” solely as a fight to be won by any means necessary, including blatant bad faith.
100% agree with this. Just started reading Black Pill by Elle Reeve and it says much the same