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[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

I don't know, man, just read my fucking history and it's pretty obvious it's not something anyone would pay for. Yes, I'm aware that Russians have been known to run troll farms and put on little skits with each other about who's voting for whom. If you think my posting looks like that... well, I don't know what to tell you.

I was on Ruqqus for pretty much its whole lifespan, where the more paranoid-minded accused me of the same thing - "paid shilling" - just because I don't immediately and uncritically believe in all the conspiracy theories. Then I was on Squabblr, where no one accused me of that, but also, no one respected free speech. Then I checked out Discuit, which is a fucking nightmare. And now I'm here.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Yeah, I heard you people get assigned around like that.

Defending the powerful and shitting on the little guy is pretty much what they'd pay for. And do!

I'd really love to see my page in your wiki. If you quit, could you send it to me by PM before you go?

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I think that if you really think about the term "the little guy" - because, fuck, do you use it a lot - but if you really think about it, you'll realize how completely fucking meaningless it is.

Everyone with less than a thousand dollars in the bank is "the little guy," and you know what they do? They run out on the street and fistfight each other over the question of whether women can have dicks.

Being poor does not make you virtuous. It does not make you smart. A lot of "little guys" are complete pieces of shit. If I were to shit on them, all it would do is make them larger.

My ex-roommate was definitely a little guy. Stole $200 from my other roommate and raped a fifteen year old girl in my basement. Turns out that being powerless didn't make him particularly... good

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Keep punching down...it's what you people do.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Sometimes you gotta punch down. If guy shoves a gun in your face and says "give me your wallet," you gotta "punch" him, one way or another.

You don't say "Well, you had a wallet and he didn't, so there's nothing we should do."

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Nobody's shoving a gun in your face. You're hearing dissident political content and having exactly the wrong reaction to it.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, are you saying crime doesn't exist? No one's ever been mugged? Is that your claim?

Or are you saying that street crime is mostly perpetuated by investment bankers?

I mean, what is your claim here? That anyone who's poor is good, and anyone who's rich is bad? That a man's worth is simply the inverse of his bank account, such that anyone with $0 has infinite worth and anyone with $2 million is a piece of dogshit?

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is a deliberate misunderstanding and proof positive that this account isn't here to uphold Saidit's values of honest argument.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a bunch of questions. I phrased them as questions for a reason: I cannot understand your philosophy of "the little guy" versus "the big guy." Like, I don't even know what's in your head when you think of "the little guy." Or why you think being "little" makes you "good."