• Michael@slrpnk.net
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    27 days ago

    People crying crocodile tears about “purity tests” are even more exhausting to listen to. It’s a thought-terminating cliche.

    If somebody is passionate and principled about a subject… and that is in conflict with your complacency and apathy - stop engaging, please.

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      27 days ago

      They’re the ones foisting their requirements on others. Somebody shares what they do, and the purists come storming in with their righteous condescension. Nobody asked for that negativity.

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        27 days ago

        In this case, your assessment is fair - user is harsh, name-calls, and does talk down to the person they were responding to/the reader. I got lost in the chain.

        Regardless, accusations of purity testing come up more than enough online for my liking and it isn’t always in response to righteous condescension, as you aptly described the user’s behavior in this example.