@Sheril Same goes for when they're right, actually. 🤷🏽

@Sheril But "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer(Cunningham's Law)."

@Sheril @keefeglise But duty calls.

@Sheril Exactly this! It's so relieving to not participate in the outrage machine any longer.

@Sheril but where's the pain and suffering in that?

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Also...An opinion is just a window into what a person thinks. It's neither right nor wrong.

@Sheril It can be fun sometimes. But with the really pig-headed ones, there's no point. You can never change their minds or even make an impression on them.

@Sheril But isn't that what the Internet is for? ;)

@Sheril
Neither out of the internet also.

It is a basic rule to surviving, for instance if you're ten years married 😅.

@Sheril

but what if we're wrong and don't know it yet?

@Sheril
I can't believe no one offered this response:
xkcd.com/386/

@Sheril ❤️

@Sheril True. Evolution takes care of it automatically, particularly when they don't have any wider metaphysical context they get to reference.

@Sheril Yes we do

@Sheril Indeed. Block and mute are our friends here.
#LifeIsShort

@Sheril
A reminder that I do sometimes need.

@Sheril How will we distract ourselves from our unhappiness and boredom otherwise?

@Sheril
Yes!
If you MUST say something, remember that repeating disinformation has been shown to only make things worse over time.

Stick to stating factual reality, backed up by evidence whenever possible. You won't convince the True Believers, but you might reach some who are watching.

@Sheril ah, if only there were some way to rub their noses in it. Try as we might, we lack the rhetoric to impose shame online.

@Sheril thank you for the reminder 😭 I needed it

@Sheril
If nobody tells them though, their ignorance will be confirmed and reinforced.

@Sheril (Not to push a bad #Joke , but) Yes we do!

@Sheril The internet exists because people are wrong

@Sheril but...

@Sheril You are absolutely right.

@Sheril Give them a free pass for misinformation...

@Sheril We should try to understand where they come from and why this is their belief. Then with evidence show that there are other ways to view the world.

@Sheril Quite right. We can argue in person too.

@Sheril
You mean you want us all to unlearn everything we learned on BrandX ?

@Sheril Amen

@Sheril Well, you've just reminded me of the ad nauseam "raise your hand if X" tweets from certain political activists on Twitter, and I think all attempts to form a consensus deserve adversity.

@Sheril If you don't enjoy it, if it's gonna make you stressed and bring the anger home, don't.

@Sheril

Against those advocating evil, I think we do. Silence is taken as passive assent. There are good and bad ways to respond, of course, but I think we have a duty to respond to evil statements.

@Sheril “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” — Elie Wiesel

Of course, no ad hominem attack is acceptable.

@Sheril xkcd 386

@Sheril
More a case of “want to” than “have to” 😈

@Sheril We don’t? What’s it for then?

@Sheril Yes we do!! 😉

@Sheril Yes! In a medium of manufactured outrage, it's much more meaningful to try to comfort the afflicted than afflict the comfortable.

@Sheril Well you’re wrong about that! /s 😆

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I’m getting this tattooed on my forehead.

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That's like reminding moths that they don't have to fly towards the light.

@Sheril Personally, I just don't feel the need to be 'right' all the time. (and quite often I am wrong anyway :) )

@Sheril "Don't feed the trolls" came from the 1990s or possibly before!

@Sheril can I still argue with them when *I'm* wrong?