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0 pointsJellyBeanThief3y ago0 comments

Can we please stop putting up with useless sarcasm on this site? Someone's point on a matter is simplistic and uninformed. Fine. But a fancy "you're stupid" as a response is even more devoid of content.

Like, I could've just said "Wow, that really deepened the discussion there, good job". But how about this instead:

Try actually specifying some of the complexities that have been missed. Try plainly demanding evidence and reasoning. Choose some goal posts and plant them firmly where they can be hit.

Because if I wanted to read useless sniping I'd be on reddit.

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Leo_Germond3y ago

I did not use ad hominem, I clearly and unequivocaly reflected on the post's brievity and unearned assertivity as being of little value in the context of a discussion. Maybe I'm doing a bit of sniping, but so are you, and I have the same feeling that if I wanted to read "religious is bad end of discussion" post I'd go on reddit.

orwin3y ago

I know plenty of those religious people who don't care if people have sex outside of marriage or practice sodomy, wore mismatched textiles and probably offend their god in multiple ways.

You can be religious and not a believer, and the original comment only talk about believers.

Cthulhu_3y ago

We're not "putting up" with it, we're downvoting it and ignoring it. That's how you get it to stop or at least be filtered out.

It's better to shun and ignore an unwanted post than to try to berate, punish and ban or delete it, IMO. Let people shout into the void if they choose to. You gave them the validation - there is no such thing as bad attention.

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