• go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You responded to a question I asked without answering my question bud. Might wanna get off that high horse before you hurt yourself.

    Here’s my original question you responded to for reference:

    Seems like Biden should be begging for votes then yeah?

    If you want to answer that I’ll consider answering your questions.

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      7 months ago

      Man, pivot really is your only move.

      I asked you what begging is supposed to look like here or accomplish; you tried to get me to defend what someone else said. I point out I’m not them and I asked you a question; so you pivot again to "my statement with a “yeah?” at the end is now a question so address that first.

      I’m cutting my losses. You’ll just move the posts to try and force me to address whatever it is you think I should be addressing instead, because you don’t actually have an answer and you’re not interested in a real discussion.

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        7 months ago

        My mistake. This is why I don’t engage in politics threads online. You never know when someone is being serious and has an actual answer and is capable of a dialogue versus when some jackass just wants to waste your time.

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          7 months ago

          If they’re arguing in bad faith, odds are high they’re just a right-wing operative intending to sow defeatism and wedge-drive. Often they’ll pretend being a concerned centrist but nowadays they feign being a leftist or tankie, which kills two birds with one stone.

          With this in mind don’t stop commenting, just make your strongest arguments upfront and target the bystander audience. It’s the only way to act as damage-control. But don’t waste your time with them, specifically.