submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/memes@lemmy.world
 

Edit, since people are now seeing this post who did not see the the reason for it:

At the time of creating and posting this, there was an account that was created using a well known username and spamming extremly transphobic hate posts. Some users were starting to interact with this very obvious troll, so I thought it might be a good idea to generally remind people how to treat these trolls. This is not about some light hearted banter or good faith jokes, this is about trolls that are truly only about spreading hate.

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, even in instances where one side is clearly right, it's still important to be challenged often enough to know exactly why it's right. As soon as you're comfortable enough with "knowing" something is right without being able to explain why, you risk believing things that "feel" correct but might not be. You don't have to actually argue with trolls, but you should still see and process their arguments enough to formulate a counterargument in your head that would stand up to a hypothetical person arguing in good faith.

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