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They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election | It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens (www.techspot.com)

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't even know why I try with folks like that. These idiots are as thoughtless as Trump voters, but get their knickers in a twist when you point out they're arguing for the electorate to "be quiet and not ask questions" as if that's not what Trump asks of his voters.

They immediately jump to accusing you of being a plant, as if that's not as conspiratorial bullshit as Trump voters take part in. They just know, right?? /s Give me a break, fucking whiney babies who can't handle a different opinion.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've blocked a shit ton of them...

The problem is once you do that, you start getting replies from accounts that have sat inactive for months and lots of your comments get multiple down votes immediately.

Because some apps make it very easy to switch between multiple accounts. And they really really really think people talking about this stuff is worse than the problem.

They want us to bury our heads in the sand and never criticize anyone with a D by their name.

Which is probably the worst thing we could do in a two party system.

[+] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm a masochist. I don't block them.

Because their arguments are really easy to dismantle, even if they're too fucking stupid to understand that.

The problem is once you do that, you start getting replies from accounts that have sat inactive for months and lots of your comments get multiple down votes immediately.

They really don't see how they act just as badly as Trump voters, do they? Is it "the ends justify the means" or are they just stupid or are they paid to act this stupid? It's not like Correct the Record ever went away and it's still totally legal to hire masses of people to post paid political speech online in the US, because nobody is making laws to make these people have to admit they're being paid, kind of like advertisements have to. No, they flood the zone with this bullshit just as badly as the right-wing does and then cry big fat loser baby tears when it doesn't work out.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Blocking doesn't really work on Lemmy like it does on other platforms. You can mute people but it doesn't limit them from interacting with you.