Their first paragraph was about how you said some things based on only reading a few words about them or something, like the whole liberal/neoliberal conversation hasn’t been going on for a while.
And then their second paragraph was saying they are going to block you because they know you’ll be condescending, judgemental, and insulting.
I just wonder how we got to this point where so many people have so little resilience against what others say while disagreeing with them, even if it gets insulting. And while I don’t think anyone is obligated to engage with someone being like that, I’ve always seen block functions as a tool to deal with ongoing harassment not one-time disagreement (or in this case, the potential for disagreement).
I’ll be honest, I have a dim view of neo-liberals anymore. I’ve seen what happens when their masks come off and you see who they are. It tends more to a reactionary response than the civility they put forward initially.
I agree with you, block function is for harassment or truly disingenuous people. I’ve also learned that apparently blocked people can still respond to you on Lemmy you’ll just never know. So they can say disparaging things about you without you every knowing.
That’s the way block functions should work IMO. So they can’t be used to abuse others without them even knowing. As I understand, you can block someone on Facebook and then post numerous status updates about them with full conversations with their social group and they’d have no idea unless someone tells them.
Their first paragraph was about how you said some things based on only reading a few words about them or something, like the whole liberal/neoliberal conversation hasn’t been going on for a while.
And then their second paragraph was saying they are going to block you because they know you’ll be condescending, judgemental, and insulting.
I just wonder how we got to this point where so many people have so little resilience against what others say while disagreeing with them, even if it gets insulting. And while I don’t think anyone is obligated to engage with someone being like that, I’ve always seen block functions as a tool to deal with ongoing harassment not one-time disagreement (or in this case, the potential for disagreement).
I’ll be honest, I have a dim view of neo-liberals anymore. I’ve seen what happens when their masks come off and you see who they are. It tends more to a reactionary response than the civility they put forward initially.
I agree with you, block function is for harassment or truly disingenuous people. I’ve also learned that apparently blocked people can still respond to you on Lemmy you’ll just never know. So they can say disparaging things about you without you every knowing.
That’s the way block functions should work IMO. So they can’t be used to abuse others without them even knowing. As I understand, you can block someone on Facebook and then post numerous status updates about them with full conversations with their social group and they’d have no idea unless someone tells them.