• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Look, I just got my coffee, it’s four am, and you are asking me to effectively explain the previous 40 years of American politics to you.

    I want to trust that you are asking in good faith, and that you deserve an explanation here, but I’m burnt out in the equivocation right now. So just give me a small signal that my time isn’t wasted here and I can explain this to you .

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      8 hours ago

      I’m sorry. To me it seemed like something the more politically involved voter would do.

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        7 hours ago

        I don’t think that’s the response they were after.

        You could have tried something like:

        I can appreciate you’re tired and I think we’re all a little exhausted after this election cycle. I am definitely interested in learning your perspective on this and opening myself up to other viewpoints.

        See I acknowledged OPs comment and tried to explain my motivations for the question. You, on the other hand, you called them out for rightfully wanting to value their time.

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          7 hours ago

          That’s alright. Simply trying to understand the relationship between that graph, and the conclusion the author took from that.

          But I see now that this might not be the appropriate crowd to help me understand.

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            7 hours ago

            Sure, everyone is downvoting you but you can’t be the constant here and it must be this entire community.

            Perhaps someone more eloquent than me can come along and explain why your approach fell on deaf ears.

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              3 hours ago

              Sure, everyone is downvoting you but you can’t be the constant here and it must be this entire community.

              Oh yes surely! Sorry if it came out that way. I do know that my particularities can come out insensitive.

              Usually, communities on lemmy are quite more patient with me. That’s what I meant to say.

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                3 hours ago

                No problem.

                Apologies if my comments came across as confrontational, my intention was to give my perspective on how yours were received.

                I know it isn’t often easy to come back and say sorry and take an introspective look and anybody that does that gets my respect 100% of the time.