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Ophiomancy_Xaxax OP t1_j2bmmzo wrote

I made comments clarifying everything in literally my first comment, and in something like a dozen or so comments after that, directly responding to nearly everybody to clarify -- lengthy responses, too.

if somebody wants to take me as uncharitably as possible, and continue to do so even after I engage with them to clear up whatever misconception they may have had about my words or intention, (like thinking I called a guy a lying masturbator as some kind of bizarre puritanical insult and not merely a joke about a guy who is admittedly hunting and pecking his message out with his left hand), and after I say I could have written it more clearly to have avoided the confusion etc., these are not people acting in good faith.

I explained until I was blue in the face, and not a single person said "oh I see", not because the explanation didn't make sense, but because a downvoting mob of imbeciles before them found it more entertaining to believe that I was making any number of nonsensical statements than to understand those explanations.

So fine, I'm a jackass, but I'm in really good company. Also, I would be willing to bet you right now that I could wait a couple days, rephrase the initial shower thought, and people would agree with it. "Ambidextrous is the only four-syllable label given to people for not lacking function of an appendage", or something similar. Which is exactly what I was saying, as you damn well know.
Call me a liar or choose to think otherwise, but if the roles were reversed, I would be defending you from intentionally obtuse attacks even if it meant getting a couple downvotes from the clowns in attendance.

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ThatRandomPersonHere t1_j2c0il3 wrote

People weren't saying "oh I see," because again you were acting like a jackass. People aren't going to take responses and answers from jackasses. If you reposted it but reworded it, you'd most likely get one of two outcomes: people recognizing the post or your user, or new people would see your post and have their own thoughts. They'd most likely "attack" you for how you worded that because God that title was hard to follow. People are attacking you because you were rude and were calling people disabled and no matter what you say in response, even if you clarify what you said, will change that. People are attacking what could plausibly be deemed as a discriminatory statement. Attitude has a huge effect on how people perceive you and what you say.

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