VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDownvoted!discuss.onlineimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1168
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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up107·edit-21 day agoThe problem is that an upvote and a downvote completely lack context. Racism is bad: true Physical violence is worse than verbal violence IF all else is equal : true Therefore… Physical racism is worse than verbal racism. But physical violence is not necessarily worse than verbal racism. This is why context matters. And that’s why it’s ok to punch Nazis.
minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoYes, when I see posts identical to this it’s usually in the context of “left wing antifa violence is more common than right wing violence.” Which makes me wary enough of this post already.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoReddit votes are about relevance not agreement.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoI dunno. I would often downvote things I thought were stupid. They were relevant, but wrong and dumb.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoThat’s how it should be used, but not how most people use.
The problem is that an upvote and a downvote completely lack context.
Racism is bad: true
Physical violence is worse than verbal violence IF all else is equal : true
Therefore…
Physical racism is worse than verbal racism.
But physical violence is not necessarily worse than verbal racism. This is why context matters.
And that’s why it’s ok to punch Nazis.
Yes, when I see posts identical to this it’s usually in the context of “left wing antifa violence is more common than right wing violence.” Which makes me wary enough of this post already.
Reddit votes are about relevance not agreement.
lol
I dunno. I would often downvote things I thought were stupid. They were relevant, but wrong and dumb.
That’s how it should be used, but not how most people use.