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-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
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