• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      He/she is clearly not saying you wrote the article. He/she is taking about how you are engaging with people in the comments.

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        3 hours ago

        Not to be a pedant, but “they are” is a much less jarring way to refer to someone of unknown gender than “he/she is.”

      • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
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        5 hours ago

        I’m responding to comments in a genuine way and expressing my actual views. If people get upset by that, it’s not my responsibility to make them feel better. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions, just like I am. Thanks!

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          5 hours ago

          You are changing the topic. Comment OP didn’t say you wrote the article. That was an assertion you created yourself in response to them. So you mischaracterized their comment. And that was my point: that you mischaracterized it.

          I made no explicit judgement about whether you are debating here in the comments in good faith or not. I was pointing out that your response was inaccurate.

          However your response/deflection here kind of supports their original point that you are arguing in bad faith in these comments.

          • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
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            5 hours ago

            The poster said, “Everyone look at how OP engages with people in these posts. They are clearly here to spread propaganda and engage in bad faith.”

            I’ve explained how I respoond.

            And since the commenter suggested I was posting “propaganda,” so I simply pointed out that I didn’t write the article. It was shared from a reputable news source, not produced by me. Unless he believes that the news organization itself produces propaganda, then his argument doesn’t hold up.

            Thank you!

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              5 hours ago

              OP’s original comment (emboldened relevant word by me):

              Everyone look at how OP engages with people in these posts. They are clearly here to spread propaganda and engage in bad faith.

              IN these posts, not WITH these posts. You engage INSIDE (in) posts via comments. He/she was talking about your comments.