I’ve been seeing a worrying number of these people on Lemmy lately, sharing enlightened takes including but not limited to “voting for Biden is tantamount to fascism” and “the concept of an assigned gender, or even an assigned name, at birth is transphobic” and none of them seem to be interested in reading more than the first sentence of any of my comments before writing a reply.

More often than not they reply with a concern I addressed in the comment they’re replying to, without any explanation of why my argument was invalid. Some of them cannot even state their own position, instead simply repeatedly calling mine oppressive in some way.

It occurred to me just now that these interactions reminded me of nothing so much as an evangelical Christian I got into an argument with on Matrix a while ago, in which I met him 95% of the way, conceded that God might well be real and that being trans was sinful and tried to convince him not to tell that to every trans person he passed, and failed. I am 100% convinced he was trolling – in retrospect I’m pretty sure I could’ve built a municipal transport system by letting people ride on top of his goalposts (that’s what I get for picking a fight with a Christian at 2AM) – and the only reason I’m not convinced these leftists on Lemmy are trolls is the sheer fucking number of them.

I made this post and what felt like half the responses fell into this category. Am I going insane?

  • SolNine@lemmy.ml
    535·
    8 months ago

    I have a friend who has come to reflect this exact behavior to an extraordinary degree of accuracy.

    It’s interesting because the near puritanical nature of their responses to nearly anything has become more extreme than even the most devoutly religions individuals. Obviously the focus of their evangelizing is very different, but it has become difficult to even have a conversation.

    I’ll give you an example: I saw a new game called Pal World, which looked absurd, mentioned and was instantly met with the fact that the game was unacceptable because it supports forced labor.

    Additionally, there seems to be an immense amount of hypocrisy in regards to what is good and what is bad, largely driven by what best I can refer to as their “leftist Zeitgeist.” As bad as I can tell now, according to them, I am a liberal, and apparently liberals are bad, and the only true salvation is being a leftist?

    Of course, I have a much more varied and complex set of moral and political values that likely don’t fall under a singular label… But what do I know about anything.

    • body_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      32·
      8 months ago

      This is kind of like saying Helldivers 2 is bad because it’s about forcefully spreading “democracy” (pretty obviously it means capitalism) to other planets.

      Yeah, it is, but it’s hugely satirical and makes blatant political statements through satire.

      Pal World isn’t that deep, I don’t think there’s much depth to their forced labor system other than parodying Pokémon and slightly highlighting how the Pokémon universe is full of forced labor and isn’t that kind of funny

    • return2ozma@lemmy.world
      110·
      8 months ago

      As bad as I can tell now, according to them, I am a liberal, and apparently liberals are bad, and the only true salvation is being a leftist?

      Watch it before you rage downvote…

      The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere: American Liberals

      https://youtu.be/33p-8QHZpzY

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      437·
      8 months ago

      was instantly met with the fact that the game was unacceptable because it supports forced labor.

      If this is true, it should be constantly called out. You’re shrugging at slavery?

      Edit: I don’t play or care about this game. Obviously I don’t give two shits if creatures are slaves in video games as long as there’s nothing about it that makes it seem like a good idea for sentient creatures

      • Hazzard@lemm.ee
        302·
        8 months ago

        Fiction is fiction. This is the same kind of logic that adults used when I was a kid because Harry Potter promoted witchcraft, or when the country had a moral panic because Call of Duty had their children killing people. Nothing in the game literally advocates for or glorifies IRL slavery, that would be absurd.

        If you can’t parse fiction from reality, then you aren’t fit for just about anything. Movies, music, video games, books, etc. Every medium frequently depicts things you shouldn’t emulate. Even the literal Bible has depictions of slavery, rape, incest, and murder.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          515·
          8 months ago

          I guess i fucked up assuming that if someone protested slavery, it was real, not imaginary 🤦‍♂️

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
        171·
        8 months ago

        If you consider the game slavery to make monsters work for you, then I guess. Problem is that covers a huge amount of games beyond palworld.

      • Soulg@sh.itjust.works
        112·
        8 months ago

        I don’t give a fuck if a game has actual “human” slaves, it’s not real and anyone who can’t figure that out has a lot more issues

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        82·
        8 months ago

        I believe they are doing the PETA and Pokemon bit, where the Pals are enslaved, though this is a bit of a weird anecdote and not representative of the broader, grass touching left.