db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-28 months agoBe on the lookout for CIA propaganda! Tankies LOVE dissenters!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square605fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down168file-text
arrow-up1254arrow-down1imageBe on the lookout for CIA propaganda! Tankies LOVE dissenters!i.imgur.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-28 months agomessage-square605fedilinkfile-text
minus-square420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·8 months agoI can walk away, sure, but the point is their excuse of “I don’t owe you an explanation” in this context is a dishonest deflection tactic. If I lie to you, me saying “you’re free to talk to someone else” doesn’t change the fact that I lied to you.
minus-squareStoneykins [any]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAgain I agree with those, but that being that case doesn’t make demanding engagement and such into good behavior. At best, it is unproductive.
I can walk away, sure, but the point is their excuse of “I don’t owe you an explanation” in this context is a dishonest deflection tactic.
If I lie to you, me saying “you’re free to talk to someone else” doesn’t change the fact that I lied to you.
Again I agree with those, but that being that case doesn’t make demanding engagement and such into good behavior. At best, it is unproductive.