• whatisallthis@lemm.ee
      1011·
      1 year ago

      I just think that whenever there is any discourse on the internet where 2 people disagree (for the record I disagree with that guy as well), people just immediately throw out buzz words as a way to shut down the conversation. It’s so irritating to me.

      Sealioning! Slippery slope! Bad faith! Gish Gallop!

      It’s so cringe to me. People just try to figure out a word for what the other person is doing so they get to stop actually trying to intelligently debate them.

        • whatisallthis@lemm.ee
          43·
          1 year ago

          I guess I very rarely see anyone try at all. And in lots of cases it just eliminates any possibility of actually changing a person’s mind. Just calling them a name makes them hate you more and entrenches them in their opinion.

          I guess I don’t have a solution the internet is just a fucking sewer.

      • mod
        6·
        1 year ago

        To add another buzzword or rather proverb: pick your battles!

      • ZodiacSF1969
        22·
        1 year ago

        I 100% agree. If you disagree with the hivemind you’re a troll or some other pejorative label and they try to just shut you down and dismiss you.

        People on here like to think they’re better than on reddit but they are exactly the same.