• @[email protected]
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    211 days ago

    If it’s on a place where everyone already agrees and it’s not even the point of what I was saying then yes, it can be pretty obnoxious.

    If you are neutral

    I’m not neutral though.

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      011 days ago

      I’m not neutral though.

      I haven’t taken any moral position on that.

      Okay. Ever heard of the term “avoidance”?

      • @[email protected]
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        211 days ago

        You’ve misunderstood. I have a moral position, I haven’t made a moral stance in this thread. Do you get the difference?

        • @Dasus
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          011 days ago

          For about a dozen comments, I’ve been banging on about how my point is that my opinion is that there is absolutely no reason not to oppose child genital mutilation — during which you first actively avoided even taking a stance, and now say you always had a stance, but just refrained from telling it out of politeness.

          I’ve seen this a thousand times. Like I said, I knew your nationality before I happened to gaze at the nick. That attitude is exactly what I’ve been protesting the whole time. Protesting, and reiterating that I’m protesting it. Which you’ve not gotten. Despite me pointing this out several times.

          • @[email protected]
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            211 days ago

            You’re here protesting someone (who already agrees with you) because I didn’t care to soapbox about my view since the discussion didn’t call for it and we all already agree. This is slacktivism at its finest.

            • @Dasus
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              111 days ago

              You very explicitly stated “I haven’t taken any moral position on that”, but after I point out how weird it would be to not have a position on that, you suddenly always had one, just conveniently adding “in this thread” to the end.

              You chose to say that you’re actively deciding not to voice an opinion, ie you’re proclaiming a neutral position in the context of this conversation. That is a position.

              It’s not soapboxing to not be pathologically avoidant of ever having an opinion publicly.

              The sad part is you honestly don’t even what I’m talking about. I’m yet to figure out what it is about the Finnish language / culture / mentality which breeds this sort of thing. It’s infuriatingly common in Finland.

              • @[email protected]
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                111 days ago

                You’ve misunderstood. I have a moral position, I haven’t made a moral stance in this thread.

                I already explained it to you in an earlier reply. At this point I’m really not sure what you’re hoping to achieve.

                • @Dasus
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                  111 days ago

                  You’ve excused something, yes.

                  I’m hoping to get through to you, and failing miserably, I’m honestly having a hard time coming up with a more explicit explanation than the dozen I’ve given. I bet you haven’t even looked up avoidance.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    111 days ago

                    I’m hoping to get through to you, and failing miserably

                    You sure are. Because I have no idea what you were trying to achieve.