• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    Title: Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings is Utterly Awful

    Article: Look at me. Look at me. Hey, Internet, over here. I said something controversial. Pay attention to me.

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      Right. When people say “don’t feed trolls,” this is the contrarian bait they’re talking about. Not assholes and bigots.

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          Calling out bigots and assholes isn’t “feeding.” That’s the problem. Telling people to ignore outright bastards just leads the bastards to escalate. You should absolutely identify their bullshit and bluntly tell them where to shove it - and more importantly, forums need to allow calling out bullshit.

          Any moderator demanding “respect” and “civility” is creating an environment where cautious monsters have free reign, unless they also proactively fight politely-phrased abuse. If someone has good reason to say “fuck off,” and you remove the response but not the cause, you are a force multiplier for that abuse.

          But this schmuck? Yeah, ignore that. It is of low quality.

      • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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        There are some sadly misguided individuals who think LotR movies are actually good. This post will dispel that unfortunate delusion.

        That tone of arrogant superiority is why. This is clearly rage baiting, it would have made it to the second sentence without insulting its potential audience if it wasn’t.

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        The trick is this to have genuinely held opinions without publishing poorly written articles about it. I do that all the time, and I can warmly recommend others to try it, too!

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            Calling people who disagree with you misguided when it comes to purely matter of tastes is not just talking about one’s opinion, but is in fact insulting other people for no reason. So fuck the author of this particular article.

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            Not every opinion is worth sharing. Even if you do, talking annoys only one person, whereas publishing articles online annoys the whole world.