Argument about why an instance doesn’t want to federate with another instance that’s devoted to political trolling. Apparently that kind of behavior is simply a core tenet of the belief system, and to criticize it is to reject the whole ideology.
Argument about why an instance doesn’t want to federate with another instance that’s devoted to political trolling. Apparently that kind of behavior is simply a core tenet of the belief system, and to criticize it is to reject the whole ideology.
I agree with you and think he’s absolutely sincere. You either put that much energy into something because it’s passion or a paycheck, and I don’t think there’s any indication that they’re a bad actor, they are a dyed in the wool communist who’s been here since the beginning. They might work or be attached to an official org or something, but I don’t think that enters into to it at all except to say they are very educated. Also as you noted, whip fucking smart!
But that has created the situation I refer to as an argument trap. Because arguments with Cowbee are not productive because they are not moving them in any direction except not liking you and using meta arguments to dismantle any serious points you make, and to dismantle any influence you may have.
It’s fun to watch and anyone who argues with them will eventually be reduced to a series of deep left buzzwords. By the end it’s become a meta argument that doesn’t even resemble anything approaching the original point. It was simply a waste of time and energy.
But it’s fun to watch, by Jobe!
Yeah. Well, kind of. One of the hallmarks of the people I think are getting a paycheck for it is that they don’t really seem to give a shit whether the stuff they are saying makes sense or is believable. They might go back and forth for a long time, but they don’t get invested in it, it’s just “here’s why we all think Kamala Harris is an asshole, obviously” and then on to the next comment.
Eh. This particular argument caused me to flee in alarm within the first few comments.
It did actually inspire me to look up whether a massive argument I had with one of the lemmy.ml people some time ago was Cowbee or not (if it had been, it would have been a key insight as to what made him tick). Alas, it was not. Sometimes I enjoy talking with these people (I think I actually have had some extended talks with Cowbee about Communism, which were fine), but this one I think both people were focused so much on minutiae that it quickly became unbearable.