And frankly what’s so wrong about that?
I block people all the time - I don’t want to hear your insane theories and then be anxious about it or argue about it. There’s a lot of energy spent in useless arguments. It does very little to change perspectives or provides space for people to learn. It is an ego tussle with no end in sight.
I’m much happier and focused on things that are important for me, ever since I’ve started curating who and how I interact with. And in the process, have come to a better understanding of people around me and made more sustainable connections.
Trying to make people agree with you is a lost cause unless that other person is willing to listen. And that’s never the case with arguments.
Choose your environments and leave the ones that don’t help you grow or make you happy or help you learn or whatever your priority is. Anything that doesn’t add to your well being, subtract it.
You get to choose and decide what you want. Be smart about it. You don’t have to do and want everything, unless that’s what you want to do.
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On Feb 6, 2022, at 7:57 PM, James <jmstylr@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 at 12:06, Jeffrey Paul <sneak@sneak.berlin> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2022, at 14:30, Brennen Bearnes <bbearnes@p1k3.com> wrote:
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> On 2/4/22 14:07, Tom Scott wrote:
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>> GNU Hacker.
>> stallmansupport.org - Disinformation succeeds because so many people
>> care deeply about injustice but do not take the time to check the facts.
>> https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org
> I missed this bit earlier, but I think my main response is, you know, fuck off.
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> If this dude's presence is tolerated on this list, I'm out.
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Anyway, the "him or me" move is lame and authoritarian. Don't go looking for fights simply because of sports-teamism, there are sufficient stupid people in the world doing stupid things (such as rms) that you can simply wait until you have a legitimate cause for grievance to Complain About Others. (Hell, it's my favorite pastime, I should know.)
100%, sneak. We are headed down a lonely path when we start to sort ourselves into bubbles consisting only of people with whom we share the same views.
You block the first person because they disagree with you on topic A, you block the second person because they disagree with you on topic B, … pretty soon you’ve got a diagonalization argument and there’s no one left to disagree with. Mission accomplished, really?