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  • humanadverbhumanadverb@dice.camp
    May 27, 2026, 10:01 PM

    @ArcMother @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles I do actually have a lot of experience with clinical narcissists. And childhood bullies. And college Republicans. And then there's the people we see on the YouTube.

    Yes, juvenile insults work well with a small subset of those people, but even childhood bullies can get pretty good at parrying a juvenile insult, even one delivered with calm composure.

    I'm not nearly as good at knowing what people are thinking as you, though, so I guess I'm wrong.

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  • humanadverbhumanadverb@dice.camp
    May 27, 2026, 10:15 PM

    @ArcMother @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles The facetious part is calling back to your argument being based so much on what you think you understand about other people's thoughts.

    This part, too:

    It's a shame Democrats have been sleeping on the "juvenile insult" kill move. They were probably misled by all of us weak fatties saying "actually, we're kinda repulsed by fat phobia coming from people who say they care about us." The fools.

    Seriously---I think this kind of activism is corrosive.

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  • Mother AnarchyArcMother@kolektiva.social
    May 27, 2026, 10:19 PM

    @humanadverb @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles I study psychology and specifically narcissists and psychopaths. I've studied and dealt with these people for actual decades. So yeah, I know it works. I wouldn't do it if it didn't work, for all the reasons people are jumping down my throat about. Also, I'm not running for office, I'm starting flame wars in maga comment sections. Very different strategies for very different purposes.

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  • humanadverbhumanadverb@dice.camp
    May 27, 2026, 10:35 PM

    @ArcMother @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles I apologize for being facetious and I'm going to stop, but I really hope you can hear me on this:

    You mentioned your qualifications only briefly, but decades of study and experience I and probably most of the people in your mentions have too. You're not a singular expert.

    Us lefties, we listen to each other and try to do better.

    Instead of stepping on people's hurts so you can continue to hurl insults you don't really believe in, try listening.

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  • Mother AnarchyArcMother@kolektiva.social
    May 27, 2026, 10:42 PM

    @humanadverb @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles I listened. But you're telling me that it doesn't work and its not worth it. Those things are not true. So.. What else do you want? I'm not going to pretend something is true that isn't and give up on a strategy so that you guys will like me better or something.

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  • humanadverbhumanadverb@dice.camp
    May 27, 2026, 10:59 PM

    @ArcMother @blueemu @aleen @jargoggles I have given you a lot of reasons why I think it is counterproductive. I wasn't hoping you would renounce truth, but hopefully reconsider your conclusions. Or, absent that, at least recalculate the cost-benefit here.

    I'm not working on you with a tactic. I'm not making an argument I don't believe in because I want a certain outcome.

    I get that maybe we need to break some eggs to win. I'm not sure anything about what you're doing here is helpful.

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