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more and more people are saying it! (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Sator_is_Tense@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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we all love our dunks but remember that the good work is done in your community, with your neighbors, with your homeless comrades and those who capitalism has thrown away red-fist

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[-] Angel@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

Recent experience I had on Instagram (🤮):

Me: states basic and easy to understand take on capitalism, so simple that even some right-wingers would agree with it

Chud: Explain your argument.

Me: No thanks. [Pretending the chud is asking me to explain in good faith, to "learn" rather than to do a "gotcha" and pick apart my explanation] Thankfully, there are many resources that talk about this elsewhere for you to educate yourself. I'm just one person, so go forth!

Chud: Ha, so you're telling me to do my own research because you have no arguments! Owned!

Me: No, it wasn't an argument to begin with.

They really want to play into their Ben Shapiro archetype LARP so bad, and they're already operating under the premise that you're wrong as soon as they detect you saying something even remotely leftist. No matter how detailed, thorough, and thought-out your explanation is, they will find some way to try to refute it, even if they'd be extremely wrong and have to grasp at straws in the process.