Socialist Mormon Satanist @ UniversalMonk @lemmy.world

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I've already voted and I didn't vote for Trump.

I have always said people should vote for who they want to vote for. So you are just totally incorrect.

Do you think that if I post a news article on Lemmy that it's suddenly going to cause masses of people to suddenly switch their vote and vote for Trump?!

Do you realize how small Lemmy is? Especially compared to the news orgs that are publishing the articles that I post links to? Plus Lemmy is overwhelmingly pro-Harris, and many hate anyone who goes against the narrative.

So how is me posting a news article for a news org, trying to talk people into voting for Trump?! How influential do you think Lemmy is?! lol

Thank you, friend! :)

Because you’re polluting the community.

Dude, the number of pro-Harris articles far outweigh the ones I post, and I only share from legitimate news sources. Like I’ve said before, if the mods find any of them unreliable, I’ll stop posting from those sources.

lot of it is false and dangerous material that’s clearly in service of a threatening development in my government

Seriously?! You're saying that me posting articles from Newsweek to Lemmy—a platform with a much smaller audience than the original sites—is "threatening development" in your government? Do you even realize how tiny the Lemmy audience is? Do you actually think Newsweek, Reuters, AP News (the sources I often use) are all publishing false and dangerous material? Come on! I thought you were serious at first, but now it’s hard to take you seriously. Sorry, guy.

Are you talking about me quoting your fake-friendly style of messaging back to you? I did feel a little bit dirty about doing it.

Oh I wasn't offended. I think it's a legitimate response. People think I'm being fake when I do that, but I'm not. It was just ironic you were there talking about how I am terrible for the community, and then you mimicked me when I asked you something. So I thought it deflated your argument a bit. But no, I didn't mind it.

from dishonest sources, for a dishonestly partisan purpose

Again, you brought your point up about Newsweek to the mods. They haven't said they no longer count it as a reliable source. The HAVE said that they are not against biased, partisan sources though. And if they say Newsweek isn't reliable, then I won't use it. And I'm not conservative, so I'm not being partisan in that sense. I've posted articles with all different kinds of political viewpoints--all equally downvoted by the way.

That, to me, is gross negligence in moderation.

Actually it's not gross negligence in moderation. They are removing comments of people trolling me and being uncivil. As they do for everyone. The mods here do great work and they put up with a LOT of nonsense. My comments and articles are the least of their worries. Have you seen some of the racist and violent stuff they have to remove every day?!

Friend, your complaints about me are minor in the scheme of all the crap they have to wade through.

So again, why aren't you blocking me since my posts annoy you so much? I'm not being a dick, I am honestly curious of why you would put yourself through the aggravation of seeing my posts if they bother you so much. You said it was because I was "polluting" the community, but how is you not blocking me solving that problem?!

Also, I disagree. I don't think I'm polluting anything. I am posting interesting articles from legit sources. Feel free to DM me too if there is something you don't want to say publically. I'm fine having the conversation either way. Thank you! :)

You say "transparently and objectively false." But they are from recognized news orgs, and the one you had a particular problem with was Newsweek. And I also said that if the mods disallowed that source, I'd stop posting articles from there.

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

So, the question remains: if I bother you so much, why don't you just block me? You were annoyed enough to bring it to the mods, so wouldn’t blocking me be a simpler solution? That way, you wouldn't have to deal with my posts, and your feed would only show what you prefer to see.

You’re welcome to mock me or twist my words, but doesn't that undermine your own argument? If I’m "arguing in bad faith" by responding, aren’t you doing the same by engaging in similar behavior?

I’ve blocked plenty of people here who annoy me, so why not just do the same with me?

It seems odd to call for a ban when it's clear I’m the one facing trolling and personal attacks daily.

If you check the mod log, you’ll see more posts removed for trolling me than the other way around. Thank you! :)

Nope, just making a note of it. None of this is even close to making me want to leave.

I know the whole point of these comments is to push me out, but I’m not going anywhere. Thank you! :)

You're proving one of my points. Thank you, friend! :)

Average rates are fine. I don't mind that. But actually some people think it's literal and I've had to steer them back to the fact that it's an average, not a literal thing. So I agree with you. Thank you! :)

Hey friend, thanks for that. They can be mean and hateful, but not even close to enough to make me leave. We need you here too. All good. Thank you! :)

Great points. Thank you, friend! :)

Because I like the community. I just think a lot of people want it to be an echo chamber, so they get mean and hateful. But not nearly mean and hateful enough to make me leave. So all good! Thank you! :)

What exactly do you think I’m trying to convince them of? Thank you! :)

Hey, you do you, man. All good. Thank you! :)

And nothing I said implied otherwise.

It is a public forum. You expressed your opinion and I expressed mine.

As I mentioned earlier, if the mods decide that Newsweek is no longer considered a reliable source, I’m more than happy to stop posting articles from Newsweek here.

Thanks, friend! :)

Well you think they are dumb. But that's your opinion. And if you're tired of me and my articles, then why wouldn't you just block me? That way you don't see me or my articles. Genuine question.

Let me clarify a few things. I’ve been accused of all kinds of things over the past several days.

I’ve been called a Russian troll, a MAGA supporter, and even accused of being "proud to be aligned with KKK grand wizard David Duke," which is especially ridiculous since my mother is black. I’ve also been accused of not voting because people assume I’m not in the U.S., of trolling simply because I disagree with someone, and of posting "every 17 minutes," which is just laughable considering the timestamps are right there for anyone to see.

I've been accused of channeling "punchable face energy," and told that single word that comes out of my mouth is "dripping with disingenuity." And having multiple accounts. Of being a team of people. Russian words are directed my way.

When I post links to back up my points, I get mocked for “acting like a 12-year-old” just for answering a question and posting links. If I don't respond, I get accused of ignoring people, and when I do respond, it's apparently too much and "only a bot" could reply so frequently. Or that I am craving attention. or that I am "arguing in bad faith."

I've been asked to tell people why I post something, and if I answer, they say I'm lying or they say "Oh your copy/pasta standard response." If I don't, then they say variations of, "Because we all know the true answer, you're so transparent!"

I’ve even had my name mentioned in threads for articles I didn’t even post, with people mocking me for “losing my touch on posting” or joking about “summoning me.”

Some users keep daily stats on my posts and downvotes, updating them obsessively and put it in every comment thread of my posts. If I try to explain myself, I’m accused of playing the victim or having "main character syndrome."

Despite all this, some people still refuse to block me because they claim they want to “make others aware” of me.

One guy just posted four paragraphs of AI-generated nonsense in response to a post I made. When someone asked him why he did that, he admitted that he did it just to see if he could get a reaction to me and seemed disappointed that I didn't reply to the comment.

All of this in just the last few days.

Here's a fun look, start here. People mocking me for an article that I didn't even post: https://lemmy.world/comment/12907842

Under same article that I didn't post, mad because I am not engaging them: https://lemmy.world/comment/12911504

More people mocking me and using russian reference, for yet another article I didn't even post: https://lemmy.world/comment/12916672

Mod log of comments removed: https://lemmy.world/modlog/1252

So, no, I'm not trolling. It's just that you're annoyed by me. There's a difference. Trolling is posting stuff TO annoy you--I don't do that. You being annoyed by me, is just you being annoyed by me. I have no control over that. And you can block me too.

In fact, I deal with trolling and baiting daily, but I’m still here engaging in the conversation.

This community shouldn't be just for people who are liked or who only post articles that everyone agrees with. This community is a political news community, it's not a "Pro-Harris Articles Only!" community. The number pro-Harris articles here far far outnumber any other articles. So I'm not spamming. I'm posting articles you don't like.

And for the record, I HAVE posted pro-Harris articles and anti-Trump articles, and anti-third party articles, and they get downvoted too! Because people just downvote any article posted by me, regardless of content.

This community is supposed to be a place for discussion, and I think we need to keep it that way, without resorting to personal attacks or creating an echo chamber. I'm not the one resorting to personal attacks. Take a look at the links I provided.

I get no preferential treatment from the mods. They treat me just like everyone else. They have removed comments of mine, and article postings of mine if they didn't agree with the source.

If they feel Newsweek isn't a reliable source because of the information you have given them, then I won't post articles from Newsweek any longer. It's that simple. Thank you! :)

EDIT: Actually, I've received a lot of cool, supportive DMs and even a couple public comments, so it turns out more people care about what I have to say than I thought, and not everyone wants this to be an echo chamber! Yay!

Blocking people just because of who they vote for?! lol Ok....

Amen, brother!

An endorsement doesn’t mean the candidate becomes the same as the person endorsing them. Plenty of questionable people endorse candidates from all parties. I try to judge a candidate based on their own actions, not on the people who endorse them.