• lingh0e@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, my reddit and lemmy history strongly disagree with you too, chachi. I’ve literally never been called out for criticizing democrats. But then again I don’t engage in weak “both sides” bullshit like you do.

    And it’s funny how you initially said criticizing democrats gets you called a maga bootlicker, but now you say it’s just “downvotes”.

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        1 year ago

        What are you trying to say? Yes, on a platform like Reddit or Lemmy, your options to respond are literally exclusive to commenting and/or voting.

        Nice dodge, btw. You don’t have to respond to the crux of my response if you focus on a lesser point.

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          My point was you make it out as if comments and downvotes are exclusive. As if downvoting doesn’t send a message in itself.

          The crux of your response? Saying that your personal online experience has been different than mine and somehow invalidates it? Was it really worth addressing? Maybe pay more attention to the comments you read through? You having not experienced it means nothing to those that have

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            Pretty sure the whole point of them sharing a personal anecdote wasn’t to invalidate yours so much as to point out that your experience is, in fact, anecdotal and therefore not concrete enough of a justification to make the blanket statement of “you can’t criticize Dems on left-leaning social media” (paraphrased).

            It’s certainly your lived experience, but to generalize entire platforms based on it is asinine. Need more data to make a statement like that and not be challenged.

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              I understand where you’re coming from, but myself making a statement that I have experienced something first hand and witnessed others experience such responses to criticism means a lot more than someone saying they have never. It’s like someone saying I was bullied in high-school to then have others say I was never bullied in school, bullies don’t exist. It’s an irrelevant statement and is only trying to dismiss one’s experiences.

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                Apologies for the late reply, I guess I didn’t have notifications set up correctly.

                I think I see the point you’re making, but I don’t think that it contradicts my point. Your analogy isn’t quite applicable here because no one is saying vocal-toxic-leftists don’t exist, we’re saying that just because you have seen vocal-toxic-leftists you can’t defensibly generalize large groups with such little evidence.

                It’s early and I haven’t had coffee, so I apologize again if what I said isn’t so clear.