In a post titled “Trump is symbolic of the rot of the US government”, they were calling the concept of “harm reduction” (as in, voting for the person who’s not literally Hitler) “bullshit that liberals tell themselves because they know that what they support is evil”, because they’re a sane, mature human who is not at all stupid as hell.

They didn’t really like it when I pushed back on that narrative by pointing out that far more people have been harmed in the first 2 years of a Trump presidency than would have been over 8 years of a Harris presidency. Que sera, sera.

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      “rational liberal” is an oxymoron. Rational people do not believe a permanent suffering underclass is necessary or good.

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      Thank you for saying that. The funny thing is - I’m also a leftist. But, because I used my vote to support the candidate with the best shot of preventing another Trump presidency instead of not voting and pretending that I was somehow making the world better doing nothing… I’m literally Hitler.

      I did not actually know that this place was so fucking stupid and childish before I posted here, but hey - you live, you learn. I just hope that most of these people will chill out after they graduate high school.

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        Lol unruffled being a PTB in this very thread should really tell you everything you need to know.

        They will tolerate any behaviour from their in-group and ban/delete others for rules they invent on the fly and then refuse to explain them (I have receipts for this).

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            How are they being a PTB?

            They only deleted my comment after I reported the clear uncivil namecalling by mystic mushroom. Unruffled had seen and downvoted it much earlier, and I didn’t make any edits. Calling it “trolling” with no justification for it, and leaving the actual rule-breaking comment up.

            Surely you have receipts for this then.

            You can check the modlog for when they banned me for “report spam” (whatever that’s supposed to mean), and actively blocked me when I asked them to explain what that means:

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              Who knew the person who defended Trump in the Epstein files hates being told no.

              I’m sure the person who defends child rapists who also doesn’t like to be told no has good opinions on consent too.

              Sorry you broke rules and got punished for it. Maybe don’t be an asshole and people will like you more.

              The only reason why people don’t like you is yourself. You’re a god damn weirdo.

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              Calling you a troll which is what you are is not and will not be name-calling. People say you are a troll because you behave as one.

              Unruffled doesn’t want to accept your DMs because they know you’re acting in bad faith and they don’t need to answer to you. Honestly it’s probably a mistake they didn’t ban you permanently.

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                  No one here believes a word you say. You’ve blown any credibility you might’ve had by consistently acting in bad faith and trolling. I wouldn’t trust anyone who would listen to or believe you at this point.

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                  According to Null:

                  Directly insulting someone’s intelligence isn’t ableism.

                  Directly calling out a user’s history and actions is name calling.

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                  If it walks like a troll, and talks like a troll, it is a troll. Not sure why you keep coming back here to stir up pointless drama? What is your purpose exactly?