https://hexbear.net/comment/6470406
Some bozo from lemmy.today wanders into c/memes with:
They want to turn us into obedient slave citizens like in the east.
And after being told to face the wall they double down. Some of the hits:
We have a tradition of representative government and more honest leadership. Trying to get offended on behalf of people that live under despotic governments elsewhere is the reason why everybody hates the politically correct.
Western style governments elect their leaders, they have the Free Press, and they are allowed to criticize their leaders and companies. Something that does not and has not ever existed in the East to any large degree.
Well it would be governmentist not racist.
And it is true that I am biased against autocratic governments ruled by despots.
But do not let me keep you here, don’t you have somebody to accuse of cultural appropriation?
And my favorite:
The ignorant always think they know more, because they never learned enough to know how little they know.
edit: They’re still going lmfao
This is where bit accounts and real libbery get indistinguishable, amazing stuff
They always do that too, you mention a book they should read or just basic information on the place they are talking about and they respond with “what’s that?” every time. It really is like they only learned their ideas of being “intellectual” from people like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro, where they just think using big words and telling people to read more makes them sound knowledgeable. They really can’t imagine that someone would actually know things, it’s always just whoever is more smug in their position is correct.
But why admit ignorance, thats what gets me. You are arguing on the internet friend, you wanna show those unread hordes how knowledgeable you are, why not google it first??
Because if they looked it up earnestly, they would have to potentially admit to themselves that they are wrong, but if they ask their internet enemy about it, they can then dismiss what they say out of hand without consideration. It protects their ego more this way, even though it makes them look like a dumbass, they don’t actually realise that they look like a dumbass arguing like this, or else they wouldn’t do it.
I feel like this is a bit lol