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I agree that Reddit has more unknowing “Hwell Acktually” types than is good for anyone’s mental health. It doesn’t make discussion any better. But if you proclaim your hate and call people morons you might be part of the problem. If someone is wrong on the internet you could just be doing them a favour by acting like that.
Ah yes it's certainly my fault that when I tried to answer a question I was met with ignorant hostility because people wanna feel good about their positions as if it's a fucking Harry Potter book.
It wasn't even an "Hwell acktually" moment, they just ignored everything I said.
Nothing more disheartening than when you outline your position and why you believe the things you do only for some lib to just accuse you of things you never said and just ignore everything you wrote. "Smug ignorance" might as well be the motto of reddit.
What's worse is that it was in a supposed "leftist" sub. What else am I to do when I lay out my positions in a succinct way, and it's met with that kind of hostility?
Any actually leftist sub gets purged there, Americans think that "liberal" is a left wing perspective. Too many subs are just built around accommodating that instead of actually challenging that kind of toxic behaviour. Though the ones that don't do just end up getting banned or quarantined, so it is probably a bit of selection bias.
Of course someone else’s response isn’t your fault. I’m not saying that you are wrong for disliking it, either. The unfortunate truth is that in every community, you will find people who just don’t know how to argue. That group gets bigger if the community grows. Being angry about it doesn’t help anyone though.
What I meant with the “hwell acktually” comment is maybe the same as you just said but in different words: people who like to be right all the time and feel good bout it.
Yeah...you're right. Honestly I'm just venting. I'm usually fine at arguing these things but I guess I just reached a breaking point with someone who didn't even bother arguing, addressing any points, and just wanted to get a "gotcha" moment with no substance.