And then he misrepresented what I said after banning me:

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I was the asshole.

    • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
      7·
      12 days ago

      I don’t feel I behaved as properly as I maybe should have, but I was within the rules.

      Nah. t’s clear that you were not being civil in that conversation: for example

      • when asked for a definition, you gave your subjective takes on that economic system as if it was a definition
      • “and yet they are” = “NO U”. It’s simply contradicting what someone else says, without adding new info.

      Those things might not be overtly aggressive, but they rub people off the wrong way; that is not civil behaviour IMO.

        • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
          41·
          12 days ago

          It’s absolutely civil behavior

          Nah. You’re being clearly belittling through the whole thread. Too eager to voice your own opinion, but un-eager to dialogue.

          [Before someone distorts the above, be aware plenty communists also do this sometimes. Including myself.]

          I was asked for MY definition of it. And I gave it.

          What you did is perhaps easier to see from the other side. Pretend you asked a communist their definition of communism, and they answered one of those two things:

          1. “Communism is a post-socialism system, where class hierarchy ceased to exist, acc. to Marxist theory”.
          2. “Communism is a system that solves all plagues of capitalism, re-enabling freedom for the population, so you don’t need a Luigi Mangione dirtying his hands.”

          #1 is giving you a definition. #2 isn’t. What you did there was way closer to #2 than to #1.

          And by the context it’s clear Nay asked for your equivalent of #1 - because it’s known communists and non-communists use the word “communism” to refer to different things.

          I speak on authority of my opinions of things because I get to do that.

          Someone’s opinions can lead them to adopt one or another definition, but the definition itself is not an opinion; they’re two different cans of worms. One should not be misrepresented as the other.