Comment on The best thing *you* can do for the fediverse is *just be kind*

• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It is not to validate them, it is to discredit them and provide red flags to would-be readers how dangerous their ideas are.

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  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It makes them feel validated, they’re not capable of self reflection

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    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      they’re not capable of self reflection

      You missed the part where I said it is for the readers, not the cultists. It is not about convincing these ideologues, it is to warn the readers why the ideas of these cultists are bad.

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      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        If you look at their past interactions with “tankies”, they’re all the opposite of what you say they should be: it’s the “tankie” calmly and reasonably making their points while SoftestSaphic immediately descends into an incoherent raging tantrum.

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