• Mongostein
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    4 months ago

    No, the question doesn’t need an answer.

    If I were to ask you, “why’d you murder that guy?” when you didn’t murder anyone.

    Say yes, and you’ve admitted to a crime you didn’t commit.

    Say no, and I can say, “well that’s exactly what a murder would say!”

    Meanwhile, I’ve (in this hypothetical scenario) murdered lots of people.

    Sometimes it’s best just to tell people to fuck off.

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      4 months ago

      I think attacking the person asking as a way to Dodge a question is not helpful or constructive.

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        4 months ago

        It’s not supposed to be constructive or helpful. What is helpful is saving your time and mental health by avoiding the traps these people try to set.

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          4 months ago

          That makes sense in the context of a debate on social media.

          In the real political world where lives are changed, ended or saved, it really matters why so many people don’t take action on genocide in a consistent way.

          If we knew why, we could make the world a better place, we could maybe save a lot of Lives.

          And that goes for a lot of the big questions in life, why are people so inconsistent?