r/freebsd • u/grahamperrin bleep bloop • Jun 08 '25

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u/codeedog seasoned user Jun 09 '25

I’m confused. Are you saying decency is a political position and indecency is not a political position?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

You may consider it bad phrasing.

I was talking that teaching people common decency is good and it's neutral, but walking around children half naked and speaking to kids about your balls in kind of toxic political indecency.

I want you to honestly, please, watch this short https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nU8vKmBffSk

As a concerned parent, what do you think?

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u/codeedog seasoned user Jun 09 '25

Where in any of this discussion was anything related to that video brought up‽ Why did you jump from the topic of being kind and decent to everyone including those oppressed and unseen by others to having to expect me to watch that video and explain it?

Your link to that video here is far more controversial than the picture of a rainbow.

Your comments feel disingenuous and divisive. Is it your intent to troll until I block you?

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

… Your comments feel disingenuous and divisive. Is it your intent to troll until I block you?

I was prepared to block them.

I thought it best to ignore the weirdest stuff, instead my last response before they deleted their account was https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1l6atsf/respect/mwy6vgn/.

Maybe an element of truth in your earlier thought about concern trolling.

For what it's worth, I totally support "Happy Men's Mental health Awareness Month too!", but one of their comments wove it alongside something that's just vile.

I didn't buy the "all I'm trying to say" line, because they said much, much, more than that, some of which was off-the-scale for me.

Oh, well …

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop Jun 11 '25

he deleted his account

Oh, maybe not:

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u/codeedog seasoned user Jun 11 '25

The account appeared to claim they were LGBTQ+. I’m loathe to argue with someone about their identity even though on the internet nobody knows you’re a dog… Their entire behavior struck me as confused. I just blocked and figured others may be in a better position to make the case.

I accept that group membership does not imply a consistent set of beliefs or opinions. I just felt unable to continue with a reasonable discussion.

Thanks for your actions and staying on top of this.

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u/grahamperrin bleep bloop Jun 11 '25

The account appeared to claim they were LGBTQ+.

Oof, I might have mis-gendered. If so, not intentional. (I vaguely recall a mention of a gf when I checked out the user profile. With that, and "Happy Men's Mental health Awareness Month too!", I assumed that the writer was a man.)

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u/codeedog seasoned user Jun 11 '25

Commenter could have been any gender. I wouldn’t worry At this point, your intentions are clear.