• agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Bro, if we’re talking about convenience tone, you’ve come off like that from the start with people. I don’t think you meant it, but you sounded very “holier and more socially enlightened than thou”, especially when you doubled down on explaining things rather than like, trying to understand what they were saying.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      I think it’s fair to say that explaining my views more thoroughly when it’s clear that they’ve been misunderstood is important. Further, the original commenter misunderstood the post, thinking it accelerationist, which I tried to explain why it isn’t. None of that was me being condescending.

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        3 days ago

        You don’t get to tell others how they feel about things, that’s very invalidating.

        If you weren’t intending on being condescending but to others you seem condescending, that’s a problem to fix on your end, right?

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          3 days ago

          Based on voting totals though, it seems most people understood me. I’m not telling anyone how to feel, and for the minority that misunderstood me, further elaboration helps clear it up. I’m not sure what you’re trying to add to that.

          • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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            2 days ago

            I’m trying to get you to understand that you’ve been coming off like a dick and trying to help you not come off like a dick, because I believe in what you’re trying to do, and coming off as a dick is hurting the cause of things we both want in this world.

            Telling people that you aren’t coming off as a dick (i.e. condescending) is saying their feelings aren’t valid and is being a dick. So yeah, you were telling people how to feel. “Well I wasn’t trying to be a dick so you shouldn’t feel like I was being a dick” isn’t a great for you, me, or our mutual cause.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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              2 days ago

              I appreciate your intent, but I don’t see the problem you’re seeing. I’m not being condescendng by saying so, I just fundamentally don’t see the problems with what I’m saying from an optics perspective that you claim to see.

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                2 days ago

                That’s why I’m pretty sure you have been more invested in talking than listening, because I’ve been trying to get you to see the problem for days now my man.

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                    14 hours ago

                    You are terrible at showing that you’ve been listening.

                    Look man your heart is in the right place but your approach is very academic and comes off as patronizing, it might be time to talk to people irl about noon political stuff, might help when talking to people outside of the usual socialist social circle.