Both sides can be misinformed but, it doesn't mean you need to react negatively to someone else's viewpoint. If you disagree there's nothing wrong with saying "I disagree because I think that....." or "I've read that...." and you don't have to call the other person a nasty derogatory name.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You‘re new here, right? Keep that positive attitude as long as you can.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Actually I wrote that because I am not new to this stuff at all. Just kind of fed up with always getting called names just because sometimes I post things that arent the most popular view or are different ways of looking at things. I'm OK with people saying "I don't agree" if they can explain why without also adding "you idiot" or "you fucking idiot" onto the end. I try to be civil, but am always surprised how people respond with uncalled for name calling.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're right. There is zero benefit to being an asshole, especially for the person being an asshole. Ego makes it tempting though.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I can see where it's not just tempting but seems necessary sometimes, but all you're gonna do is bait the person into a useless bout of name calling back and forth.

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