Discussion
This is a distinctly odd and ill-informed position to take when a nation has an international footprint such that whatever happens in that nation — say, a turn to fascism — will inevitably have serious effects everywhere in the world.
And where solidarity with those living in that nation making a turn to fascism would seem to be essential rather than bullying and trying to silence those who are organizing and resisting….
Another form of discrediting I experienced in my threads this weekend: attempts to draw me into going-nowhere arguments about whether the Nazis really were or were not massively repressive, such that any German resisting them was tempted or forced to hide her or his real sympathies and go along with the regime.
Trolling by distracting-discrediting is classic trolling designed to undermine solidarity, to siphon off hope.
I have no time for it, frankly.
There's too much to be done, too much to be resisted, and time is at a premium, especially for someone of my advanced age who wants to do the little I can by sharing commentary here that seems valuable to me and I hope will be valuable to many others.
And, when all is said and done, the distraction-discrediting trolling is often an act of hostility targeting someone who writes about matters — say, religion and cultlure — that someone else sees as absurd.
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