The question is definitely meant to highlight that I think you may be exaggerating, but in that purpose it is sincere.
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haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 months agoNot sure if this is a sincere question.
Manipulative and degrading rhetoric is what I‘m talking about. Bad faith arguments, assuming that someone arguing in a certain way must be naive or stupid, etc.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 months ago
Sincere trolling you mean?
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
No. Sincere use of a rhetorical question to make a point. While also leaving the door open, via format, that you might actually be telling you the truth. I purposefully leave both those avenues open because I don’t try to control the direction a conversation will go.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 months ago
So instead of stating your honest opinion, you use rhetoric, something people will likely misunderstand, in a situation like this, where very many people are in fact trolling? Did it occur to you that this isnt the most promising approach if you actually want a meaningful discussion?
blahsay@lemmy.world 7 months ago
He didn’t seem very sincere tbh. Odd
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 months ago
Do you also get the feeling that this might be what we were talking about?
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What you’re talking about is banning people across many instances at once. Please don’t do that to me.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 months ago
We will see. Especially if someone behaves like you, engaging someone over multiple threads without actually being interested in their opinion or trying to sincerely interact with them, they are prime examples for the „noise“ I‘d like to reduce.