character limits stunt our ability to express, and subsequently our ability to recognize and utilize, nuance in argument
hardline opinions you can eat in one bite are always worth examining for unstated assumptions and unreasonable generalizations. yes, even this one
@typhlosion yeah I’ve seen some reasonable looking opinion toots that o agree with.
Then found there’s a whole *pile* of discourse behind the simple toot I might *not* agree with.
@Doggo yeeeeeah
as with everything i rant about, it goes double true for callout post shit too - "[person you don't know] is a HORRIBLE MONSTER" is a dangerous game and it's easy to miss a lot of context if you're not involved in whatever happened
@typhlosion whenever I see a post that sounds superficially reasonable I'm always a little anxious it's actually a stealth awful response to something I don't have context for.
@typhlosion
Would read: The Federalist Papers, as toots.
and that's not to say you can't agree with whatever it is! just be aware of what, exactly, it is that you're agreeing with. almost everything is more complicated than it seems at first glance.