• LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    18 days ago

    i think you’re making people up who self identify as dumb so you can grand stand and feel good about taking a stand about the horrific harm wrought on society by the word dumbass but that’s just me

    • CupcakeOfSpice [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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      18 days ago

      I have encountered people who say that insults to intelligence such as those hurt them deeply. I am not one of those myself, so maybe I’m the wrong person to argue this. I’m not making them up, but I won’t claim to know an abundance of them either. In any case addressing the issue or argument is typically more effective than a personal insult. Well, that may not be true, I guess. Conservatives get real power just by punching the opposition, but maybe we can be better than that?