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I see where they're coming from. They is way safer in general. Covers people who are male, female, non binary or others. That being said reddit does have a problem with being unable to educate people. They immediately have to just insult and yell at you for it. I don't get it. It's just way easier to be polite. Takes effort to get angry and yell at someone. This is why I generally make only positive or jokey comments.
You would have thought things would change after reddit abused a family after the Boston bombing but nope. Same toxicity at an all time high.
I would say it takes effort to be polite. What takes no effort is being rude or dismissive.
Maybe you’re just naturally a positive person though which the majority of people aren’t (at least not on Reddit/lemmy)
I don't understand that. Getting upset or angry requires actual effort. It's exhausting and taxing. Raises your blood pressure, stresses you out, causes a bunch of other knots in muscles and shit. It's just actively more effort and more damaging than just shrugging and moving on. I wouldn't say I'm positive though. I assume people are polite. If they aren't then I'm not going to let someone walk all over me. But I am actively depressed, consider killing myself pretty much daily, have no family, have no friends, don't have anyone to I regularly talk to, and I rewatch Star Trek non-stop because it's the only thing that makes me feel okay. I ain't positive even remotely. I'm just exhausted after everything I've been through in the past few years and I don't have the energy to get worked up.
Also, I see what you say about reddit but I haven't had really any rude experiences on Lemmy. Maybe like 3 in the month I've been here. Everyone has been generally nice as hell and a lot kinder than reddit.
It's a lowest common denominator strategy. If you respond in kindness, there's an outsized chance you'll be attacked in kind. So lots of people choose to attack first rather than be a victim of being attacked. It's a strategy that only works if enough people choose it.
That's why I stuck to more niche communities on reddit, less chance that people engage like that. Or, even if they do, I can be genuinely kind back and they usually cool off.
Or, from another perspective, you don't know if the person you're engaging with means you or your community harm but they said things that people who do mean you harm have said in the past. So, you make it immediately clear that you and your community aren't easy targets. It's still a lowest common denominator strategy, but one that centers the safety of others.
I still don't understand. Like at all.
"If you're nice, you have a higher chance of being attacked." Have literally never experienced this. If I'm nice first, people are generally nice because people will match the mood of what they're engaging with. If you come in hostile, you're going to immediately make enemies. If you come in friendly, you're gonna make friends. Moreover, I often don't give a damn about the person I'm actively responding to if they're being a dick. What I care about is setting an example for everyone else. They're too far gone. They're a lost cause. You can try but it's unlikely that an internet comment is going to change their opinion because they've already entrenched themselves. But the others on the sidelines? They're seeing one hateful dude who's spitting at everyone and one dude who is just being nice. Generally they will side with the nice dude. Moreover, you can make it abundantly clear you're not a target while still being nice and still being polite. This isn't some black magic voodoo that's been lost to time. Pretty simple and easy to do. Canadians and New Zealanders do it every day like they're breathing.
Doesn't matter how many people choose it. Could be the majority. You'd still be a bad person.
There isn't an excuse for being hostile and a dick at the start. None. Ever. If they start with something hostile, be polite back but firm and say that you don't know if it was meant that way or not but it came off insulting. You will, however, assume that it wasn't insulting. They then either back off and say it wasn't and everythings chill or they confirm it was insulting. In which case you politely point out why they're not welcome here, what they did wrong, and perhaps how to fix it. Then you move on with your life. If you're actively throwing the same hate back at them then you're better then them but not by much. You're still adding to the problem. You're still tossing fuel on the fire. Block buttons exist. Ban buttons exist. There's no excuse for insulting other people. Don't care if they insulted you first. Be the better person and walk away because otherwise you are caring more about them and what they think of you than they care about you.
Note: I'm not saying being tolerant of hate. There's a time and a place. I just mean that matching the energy they're giving is not only insane but completely futile. You're letting them win.
Yeah, I agree with you. But your strategy requires not allowing (or giving the appearance of not allowing) someone to get to you. If someone says something that pisses you off, you're probably going to reply while pissed off. I'm not saying this is the optimal strategy, I'm saying it's just what people do.
I'm neurodivergent, so I usually don't get wrapped up in conversations like that, but even I fall for it sometimes.
Maybe it’s because sometimes I find myself accidentally in hexbear and getting banned
Why would I want to respect morons who dont give me the same benefit of the doubt though?
In places where assumptions cause kneejerk downvotes and comments like you explained, I wont take the time to make sure to be 100% respectful towards people.
You just insulted entire groups of people (that exist outside of reddit) by calling them morons and then said you won't take the time to be respectful towards people.
You are actively part of the problem and you do not have the right to complain.
You don't get to disrespect people pre-emptively and then whine that no one respects you or gives you the benefit of the doubt. You aren't giving it to them so why would anyone bother giving it to you?
Id recommend checking that behavior because it is 100% the cause of why people don't "give you the benefit of the doubt.".
Isn't that the point being made by he/she/they? (now I don't know what to call @Bondrewd )
I don't think Bondrewd was "preemptivelly" calling them "morons". The way I read it, Bondrewd was referring to those "who don't give me the same benefit of the doubt". Bondrewd did not specify if those who complained belonged to any particular "group of people", what was said is that they did do that so, given that, he won't bother.
Also note that there's more than one party here... the ones scolding/complaining are not necessarily the same ones being "misgendered", so that's why there can be different "they"s involved. The ones that don't give the benefit of the doubt (regardless of whether they are the ones being misgendered) are the ones that, according to your own statement: we don't have to "bother giving it to them"
You might want to read his other comment before you stand by that assessment.
"I didn't say I don't respect them. I said I don't go out of my way to disrespect them. I just make jokes about misgendering people."
Sounds a lot like going out of your way to disrespect people to me.
If they dont give me the benefit of the doubt, I will gladly insult them for talking shit.
I dont really care about rights, as that was never really given to me in my life. I speak up about things I feel that need to be spoken up on.
I didnt say I dont give them respect. I said I dont go out of my way to not cause tears. If for some reason they suspect me of malicious misgendering, and start bitching about it, they can just piss off. I dont misgender, except for comical purposes.
I'm sorry but your comment is nonsense.
You say that "If they don't give you the benefit of the doubt, then you will insult them". You then claim "I didn't say I don't give them respect." But that's immediately proven wrong by the last bit of the comment.
You say that you need them to give you the benefit of the doubt. When do you give it to them? In what situation will you give them the benefit of the doubt that there was a misunderstanding? Why do they have to be the one to cater to you? Why can't you slow down and go "Hey, I didn't mean this offensively, I meant it this way. I'm sorry. I assume you're not being hateful, just frustrated by a misunderstanding. I apologize for that misunderstanding." Why can't you be the person to reach out?
You expect everyone to give you everything first. This is direct proof that you don't give them respect. You don't respect any group at all unless they give YOU the benefit of the doubt first. YOU come first. It's all about YOU. Every part of your comment is "me me me me me me" and the only part that's about someone else is when it's insulting. Then you openly prove you're a liar by saying "I don't misgender, except for comical purposes." Based off of your comedy. Not theirs. Not considering anyone else in this situation, only considering yourself. What about their sense of humor? What if they were graphically beaten for being trans and are constantly misgendered by people who actively wish them to die? You gonna still make the misgendering joke? Because I can guarantee it's comical for you but not the people you're making fun of.
So sit down, educate yourself, or fuck off. Because no one will ever want to engage with you if you're going to act like yourself. Fix your personality and fix your considerations of other people. Quit bitching and moaning that someone thinks you're being hateful when you're actively being hateful. You might not have meant it that way but it is that way. Your meanings are utterly irrelevant because you are not the person who is being affected by the disgusting shit you say.
Those statements are not even in the same context. I have a basic level of respect I give and any more than that is expedient. If they dont respect that, then those are the fuckups that make it sure that I will never ever go out of my way just to please people.
If you identify with the group that fucks with people like that, I cant help you. I guess you can take it as a direct insult, but then I actually dont care because you live and breath by being malicious.
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You are not giving a basic level of respect if you are using their existence as the butt of the joke. You don't get to say others are 'living and breathing by being malicious" when you are doing exactly that. It really is as simple as that. You're whining that you're the victim because people have accurately pointed out that you're making disgusting jokes about them. You're not a victim. You're being called out for shitty behavior. You don't deserve the benefit of the doubt anymore when you've so fully embraced the idea that you can insult others and get away with it but will give hell to anyone who does it to you.
You can say I belong to whatever group you want but your opinion doesn't matter. I've seen what you makes cheer. The fact that I make you boo, if anything, is a compliment.
Now I've wasted more than enough time on someone who (rightfully) has been called out by multiple people multiple times. I'm going block you, let you fade into the oblivion from which you stumbled out, and move on with my life where I respect other people for who they are and don't make fun of stuff about them.
I dont do it in a serious context. Internet troll culture is totally okay in my opinion.
Why take the time at all then? If you're going to be rude you clearly don't care about educating the person.
So you really just do it for some personal validation?
I dont see any kind of merit in educating the person. I usually see that people are too set in their ways, they dont have enough plasticity for this.
Then just ignore them