• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours ago

    Thanks! And for what it’s worth, I’m 100% aware, they end up serving as a great springboard for other onlookers, who may change their mind. I’ve had people DM me saying as such, which is why I keep doing it. Thanks though, comrade!

    • wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml
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      24 hours ago

      That’s actually a great strategy. It is perplexing to me to see the incivility of common conservative discourse online with other people they percieve as being “left wing” that others who read such exchanges could see anything other than it being childish and crude, especially when the other party is participating in a respectful manner. For myself, I don’t resort to using incivilty against incivility but end up concluding that it’s a waste of my emotional stamina to continue a discussion where one side insults and denigrates me as a matter of course. I’ll keep your idea in mind next time I encounter such a time. Keep doing the hard work ;)