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I was told that OP was a Russian bot who only ever shits on Biden in an attempt to win the election for Trump by saying things centrists don't like on a small fledgling platform.
This doesn't seem to be shitting on Biden or the Russian propaganda that I've been told about.
Weird you're simping for a random stranger when no one on this thread brought it up.
Standing up against bullying is something centrists cannot understand, for they seek the approval of bullies.
Yet, there isn't any going on at all on this thread? Again, weird.
You're gonna sit there and pretend that I'm not describing a broader pattern of behavior on lemmy (particularly this community) toward OP in particular?
Nah, again with the victimization.
Standing up to bullying isn't victimization.
Yet there isn't bullying. Those comments get removed. Calling people out on bs opinions isn't bullying. People using strong words isn't bullying. Grow some fucking skin, champ, this is the internet. And before you start crying about it, no, this is not bullying.
A subset of the hateful comments being removed makes it not bullying?
Reading is hard.
I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually.
Swing and a miss.
We're not discussing anything anymore. Have fun totally not bullying OP.
How am I bullying you? Such fragility.
Didn't say you were. Said you were bullying OP.
When the fuck did I bully op on this thread?
This person constantly does this. He rewrites your statements to victimize either himself or someone else. You didn’t say anything about OP, or them- and yet, you’re on the defensive against false accusations.
It’s their M.O.
Eventually, they’ll aggravate you into saying something they can report you for.
So… technically, it’s true.
Yep
And here you go again, trying to pretend that I'm talking about this thread and not a broader pattern of behavior. We're talking in circles. This conversation cannot reach a meaningful conclusion.
No, don't twist or derail this.
When the fuck did I bully op?
This conversation cannot reach a meaningful conclusion.
You're now avoiding your own accusation. Tell me when did I bully op?
I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm currently being taken to Putin's office.
F Trump! I laughed so hard watching him get booed. Love it.
No reason to think OP is a bot - what does that even mean? OP is merely an idiot.
Don't tell me that. I know better. Tell it to the paranoid centrists whose immediate conclusion when they see someone say something that they don't want anyone to hear is that the person saying it must be a Russian bot.
And, naturally, abuse.
okay, I should rephrase that. OP is either naive, clueless or disingenuous. It's just a little odd when "I'm so leftist!" people repeat the exact same shit as conservative propagandists, isn't it?
We know for a fact that there is propaganda on the internet produced by foreign and domestic influence organizations. I don't think it's mostly done by bots (some is) but rather people who are employed to do so.
And centrists are happy to use that as an excuse to treat anyone to their left and only their left like shit, on the grounds that anyone who disagrees with them must be some sort of foreign agent bent on electing trump and not just someone who is deeply dissatisfied with Biden.
I'm not clear on why you're so 'deeply dissatisfied'. Unfortunately, elections in the US have a lame-ass system where you don't get to choose an ideal candidate. You've already said you're voting for Biden. Good idea. In the meantime, trying to discourage other people from doing so isn't going to help the country out much.
That's no surprise, since centrists don't listen.
It's hard to listen to one-dimensional, naive arguments - what is there to listen to? Oh, you think 60 years of US policy supporting Israel, and Israel deciding to assault Gazans after keeping them in an apartheid ghetto for years, is 100% Joe Biden's fault and he could just go against 95% of the US political establishment and stop it any time. This reminds me of people who act like the president directly sets gas prices. This 'centrist' thing is getting old, too.
"That's the way we've always done it" is the best argument you have.
It's pro-genocide shit.
Even a dumpster fire can provide warmth occasionally.
Yes, I suppose you get joy from joining together to bully a user who says things you don't want anyone to be allowed to say.
You’re not the victim you think you are.
I was referring to OP, not myself.
Yeah. We know. You’re always here defending them. But they’re not a victim either. So it’s moot.
Thanks for the warning.