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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These people have no interest in good faith arguments

This is such an obnoxious sweeping statement.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point, but it applies by and large and is the reason why they keep getting defederated just a short while after federating with the rest of Lemmy (after closing themselves off for the past 3 years).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It really doesn’t. A lot of the time they’re flippant not because they have no interest in discussion but because so many libs dismiss and sneer at their vilified and misunderstood political positions — I’ve seen people literally assume they’re Trump supporters or Putin supporters and go around saying so to anyone who asks — and it makes discussion frustrating or outright impossible. Conveying a lot of background information to someone who is hostile and not listening is difficult. So they’re flippant, and it becomes a vicious cycle.