I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don’t actually think everyone there is insane. I don’t care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It’s not going to scare me to take this down

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    2 months ago

    I have to disagree with your last sentence. I do my best to treat people on the internet like I’m talking to them face-to-face. It’s the least that people deserve.

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      2 months ago

      You can do these things while talking face-to-face with somebody.

      Calling a whole bunch of different people with different opinions than you, that you don’t all know, “insane”, seems to me like you feel you are smarter/better than them.

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        Would you insult and belittle people in person? That’s what I’m referring to. You give them an opposing view and they go insane. I don’t care if they have a different opinion. Their opinion doesn’t impact my life. But if some of those people talked like that to people’s faces, they’d probably get punched

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          The times I went there with differing opinions I never got insulted. They think their views are right and (sometimes) mine wrong. They also shared their reasons and tried in their way to educate me. They have their own culture over there that is more rude/direct than normal, but it’s certainly possible to speak normally to them.

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            They have an entire sub called “thedunktank” that is about sending targeted harassment to specific users.

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            2 months ago

            Don’t get me wrong. I spoke generally, but it’s impossible for everyone there to be crappy

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        Defending communist genocide wanabes with moral relativism makes me think you are neither smarter nor better than them.

        Just because someone is in big group doesn’t mean he is good person and deserves any kind of respect.

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          I think all people deserve respect by default. Only through someone’s actions may the respect for them be rescinded. Calling a whole bunch of people something is just almost never correct and only furthers any already existing divide.

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            Yeah, no. For example once you join the Nazi party, you gave up your right to be given benefit of the doubt. I am not going to waste my time on a theory that maybe you are a good nazi.

            Same goes for when you join hexbear.

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            Everyone does deserve to be treated with respect by default. Respect is earned, and is not the same thing.

            Choosing to associate with certain groups is an action for which respect may be rescinded.