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meadowlander

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7. It doesn't usually progress the discussion to ascribe motives to the other person

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 04:52 PM

Feb 2018

but when it's blatant it should be called out.

I'll usually wait for a few posts though. Some people are just ignorant or misinformed and if you can actually help them, it's better than jumping to "You're a troll!" which is against the ToS anyway.

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What is with the hesitation of saying a tweeter or poster could be a KGB bot? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 OP

I'm fairly cautious because it's easy to misinterpret one post (sometimes). lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #1

I see it on youtube chat all the time too, and well meaning liberals, moderators even of the chat Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #2

I don't know what it'll take to wake people up. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #3

Liberals by their nature are trusting, believe there is decency in everyone. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #4

Yep, it's a hard habit to break. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #5

I try to be nice, when I'm not sure, I try to weed them out, some are just not savy enough asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #6

It doesn't usually progress the discussion to ascribe motives to the other person meadowlander Feb 2018 #7

My father, a wise man, used to say that the faults that most annoy us in Sophia4 Feb 2018 #8

So are you implying something about me? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #9

And you definitely illustrate that with your posts. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #11

Looks like that was indeed d an insult to me Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #13

I don't know about the rest of the internet GusBob Feb 2018 #10

Because disagreeing with you isn't actually proof of being KGB mythology Feb 2018 #12

If you look at a suspicious twitter account Generic Other Feb 2018 #14