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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Sigh. No, I'm not going to engage icecube any more than I want to have an in-depth political discussion with a fervent supporter of Alex Jones. There are some people who aren't worth it. I don't know why I consistently try to convince myself that you are, that you're capable of looking beyond motivated reasoning and ideological battle lines and recognize when you're hitching your wagon to an extremist ideologue. You decline the opportunity to moderate whenever it's put in front of you - the righteous battle always seems to take precedence.
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Then don’t engage with icecube, engage with the multiple other posters in the thread. If you can do neither, then grow up and stay out of a thread you can’t be bothered to be a part of anymore than “I don’t like this thread! This poster is not your ally!”
Again, your resortment to the tribes you create is kind of astonishingly sad. You shut down ideas, and accuse anyone who agrees with anyone on one point, or likes a post, or defends a post they’ve made, as being somehow allied and in cahoots with this person, as though people who agree on anything must agree on everything, and quite frankly, it goes against a lot of what you pretend to stand for. Even your statement about ideological battle lines rings hollow, you’ve become one of the absolute worst for having your lines drawn and fitting others into your preconcieved ideas of where they do or do not fit, complete with teams, allies, enemies, etc... when we’re just a bunch of posters having fun debating and discussing things on a message board.
Extremist ideologue? Dude, you need to step away and relax. And it’s for the best anyway, you’re not contributing anything here.