• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    I’m sincere. If you’re experiencing real outrage then you have my sympathy and I do hope you feel better soon. Real outrage is not a fun emotional state to be in.

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      Just recently I was talking about how, if you’re consistently downvoted, it means you’re in a asshole.

      People don’t pile up and downvote kind, well-intentioned people, but they can smell an unwashed asshole from a mile away.

      If you’re getting consistently downvoted for your terrible takes, then you should stop doing what it is that you are doing.

      Also, like, don’t presume my emotional state. I give no fucks about whatever you have to say.

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            Fair enough. That was an unkind remark on my part, and your comment does demand a more thorough rebuttal.

            The idea that “popular” = “correct” is stupid on its face. Examples predate the internet, abound on the internet, and will continue to arise long after the internet dies. I could go into a white supremacist forum and talk about racial harmony and get downvoted into oblivion, but that wouldn’t make me the asshole. And even if I were the asshole, I wouldn’t be wrong.

            Upvotes do not confer moral rectitude. Downvotes are not damnation. And an opinion is not necessarily valid just because it is held by a majority.

            And I’m sorry for presuming your emotional state. But if you’re not outraged by this, then why are you arguing that people should be outraged by this?