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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024
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There's a famous quote that I like by Rudyard Kipling:
This comment, offering calmness amongst the storm, intrigued me.
I see it as a call for people to be able to discuss things calmly and rationally. Certain facts within the statement e.g. "get called an idiot shitlib and told to read some theory" are definitely emotionally provocative (as are terms such as "everything" and "nothing"), but indeed that happens sometimes, i.e. everything is relative.
The man who can keep his head when everyone around him is losing theirs, has found who to blame for the fuckup
Do you mean himself? Indeed he is the only one who can control the situation, e.g. by blocking them. On the other hand, OP (of the OP I mean, not the commenter promoted here) was a new member of Lemmy, so was shocked to see this behavior, and wanted reassurance and a community of like-minded people to stand with them.