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[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Genuine question, if you don't have a stance on Trotsky, and you don't know fuck all about him, why are you wading into this comment chain in the first place?

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You see, the comment sections of divisive posts are a place that you can learn about opinions different than your own or to learn new things. If you want, I can go back to the neoliberal echo chambers where people are actually engaged in discussing things in good faith.

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to know something you merely have to ask. Maybe explain that you don't know much about a subject matter.

My initial comment was to someone who has an opinion on Trotsky and thus probably knows who he was, so I didn't feel like typing up a whole-ass essay on the guy. Y'know?

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

This post is the natural reaction to a failed dunk. Perhaps if you want to counter a controversial point without explaining it, don't bother posting otherwise it's the intellectual equivalent of "no, u".