Unequal Time in Online interactions is a Reactionary Weapon - Blocking Fascists is Self-Care
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Hey yall, the main point here is that you should not talk to fascists online. It almost never works out in your favor no matter how good you think you are at...

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  • RosethornRangerTTV@lemmy.worldOP
    35·
    3 months ago

    “It takes longer to disprove one than make it.”

    if you spend time disproving their comments, they will simply make more because if you are wasting your time disproving them then you aren’t working on building social structures to resist them. It is gifting them power.

    I will now block you so I can focus on productive discussions.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      7·
      3 months ago

      OK do whatever you want but that is a weirdly aggressive approach to discourse.

      Disputing misinformation is a form of social power, and realistically I’m not going to spend my online time organizing—it’s a form of recreation, and it doesn’t really compete with my work time. I don’t see those two things as competing. Regardless of what I do they will keep spreading misinformation but if people see the rebuttal they will be primed to reject it when they see it again even if I don’t have the time to respond to every one.

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
      4·
      3 months ago

      Weird spin. It looked like a productive and friendly conversation – and they even bothered to watch the video! Do you block everyone that challenges anything you say? That’s not blocking fascism, that’s backing yourself into a carefully curated echo chamber.