I totally agree bad faith arguments deserve all the shit they get. I just think the comment "shitting on" good faith arguments do more harm than good. There are a ton of bad faith arguments. I, personally, just tend to ignore or rebut their claims so it doesn't hurt anything. The hexbear version of dunking on them doesn't promote anything good and at best turns the single person posting on it away. The ideal is to convince other viewers of alternatives.

[–] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If someone's posting bad faith arguments I would rather not waste anyones time interacting with them, they're certainly not there to be educated.

Chasing them off with mockery seems like the least bad option, if the other options are giving it credibility by trying to respond or ignoring it.

The problem is discerning the difference between the two can be inconsistent, leading to some users effort posting while others mock.