It’s sad because they aren’t curious about nuance and polarize it instantly. So it’s impossible to reorient to those more interesting qualities. Doing so is a rhetorical mistake. So we’re left with not leaving a comment or engaging in an unnecessarily polarized discussion.
That’s unfortunately most interactions I’ve had on reddit and Lemmy.
I think most people just want to comment to be right about something rather than communicate anything valuable.
It’s sad because they aren’t curious about nuance and polarize it instantly. So it’s impossible to reorient to those more interesting qualities. Doing so is a rhetorical mistake. So we’re left with not leaving a comment or engaging in an unnecessarily polarized discussion.