FarleyMcFirefly said:
One place where I need to grow is to learn not to care so much about what other people think. But this comment really bothered me. I knew I'd get steam rolled in this thread, because this site seems to have mostly left-leaning opinions. |
Naturally my comment bothered you, hence why it was designed to be that way. Whenever someone posts some highly questionable statements along with saying it will be their last post in the thread, you've got to know how you bring them back.
You are the kind of person who believes of themself that they are thinking critically by questioning the biggest news outlets, but that's not what thinking critically means. Thinking critically would make you question all sources for news instead of just the ones that don't align with your opinion. Because how else could you write about bio-labs and be serious about it, if not for being a victim of alternative news sources?
SecondWar said:
Another thing I see someone say on one if the other forums I frequent is ‘play the ball, not the man’. The person who says it seems to be pro-Russia and comes out with this line when he gets abuse from Ukraine’s supporters. Whilst I obviously don’t agree his pro-Russia views, I think this line in apt. It is far better to address his points and say why they are flawed and misguided than to make passive aggressive remarks. The same is true of your comment to McFirefly. |
I strongly disagree. All the points have been addressed ad nauseum before, so why would doing the same thing again bring different results. There are times when you need to shoot the messenger; my post wasn't passive-aggressive either, it was just about as blunt and direct as it can get.
What we are dealing with here is someone who suffers from irrational fear. As in, an escalation of the war into a global conflict would mean that people he knows get sent to Ukraine to fight against Russia. I don't need to make guesses here, because that's what he has posted about in this thread a long time ago. His takes on COVID-19 were similarily outlandish. So what he wants to believe in is that the seemingly easiest solution will work and then he works backwards from the conclusion instead of considering the facts first and then forming a conclusion. Hence bio-labs.
My mother used to believe the Russian narrative to a significant extent too, thanks to her built-in bias against the USA. Eventually I called her stupid straight to the face, because I cannot treat hogwash in the same way as a differing point of view that is based on consideration of actual facts. Treating both the same would be disrespectful to people who do their research. Things have improved since then and now she understands that continued weapon deliveries to Ukraine do not escalate the conflict but rather do the opposite, with the Black Sea grain ships being the most obvious example. It used to be that Russia used hunger as a means of pressure, now there's no grain deal anymore, yet we hear nothing about a world hunger problem anymore. This didn't happen because of a diplomatic solution, but through a plain demonstration of force, the only language that Russia accepts.
So the moral of the story is that McFirefly is still getting the gentle treatment here.
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