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What were the benefits to you of getting into an Internet argument before being swatted became a threat?
by antiframe 3y ago
What were the benefits to you of getting into an Internet argument before being swatted became a threat?
- 15457345234 3y agoThe pen is mightier than the sword; you're writing for the benefit of the audience. Rebutting 'hot takes' matters. It really does matter. If it didn't matter they wouldn't resort to SWATting and stuff to try and shut it down.
- antiframe 3y agoI guess I am imagining something different when I read "Internet argument". I picture those long two-poster Reddit threads going back and forth angrily calling each other names and essentially saying "no, you're wrong". I never imagined engaging a "hot take" with a cogent argument to have any effect in changing opinions, especially when the response is intense anger.