• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    In case you’re not trolling, I would like to point something out to you:

    The up-/downvote ratio here probably reflects the fact that onlookers don’t believe you are arguing in good faith. It should act as a wake-up call to you, an indicator that you should re-consider what the other person is saying and ask yourself “Am I misunderstanding their point? Could this be interpreted differently?”.

    You may find that you are disagreeing with them over something they never said or intended to say.

    • Donald J. Musk@lemmy.todayOP
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      2 hours ago

      probably reflects the fact that onlookers don’t believe you are arguing in good faith.

      That doesn’t concern me. Just because Lemmy doesn’t believe something I say, doesn’t make it false.

      i t should act as a wake-up call to you

      Why don’t you tell me what I have said that seems to be not in good faith that I should wake up to.

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        1 hour ago

        Ok, I’ll put it clearly: You’re wrongly interpreting the person you’re arguing with as saying something you disagree with. They never meant what you’re claiming they meant, and they’ve said as much.

        When you keep trying to nail them to the wall, it comes off as being disingenuous, and just looking for a fight, even though you don’t really disagree with the OP on anything related to what they’ve posted in this thread.

        You’re being downvoted because everyone else can see this, and think you’re trolling because you don’t seem to see it, even though it’s obvious to everyone else. In fact, it’s so obvious that people probably think it’s more likely that you’re trolling than that you genuinely don’t understand that you have no disagreement with the OP here.