• adhdsergio@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I’ll see what I can do for you, boss.

    I am not an american but I can only assume from your butthurt comment that you are, so I hope you apply that solution oriented thinking and l will go and convince other compatriots to go and vote or protest

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      13 hours ago

      “Butthurt” implies that I took your comment personally. I didn’t, because it wasn’t personal — it was a comment about the U.S., to which I feel no particular loyalty, and my issue with it is what pessimism like yours does when people express it out loud to strangers without offering solutions. Negativity akin to what you expressed has a paralyzing effect rather than a mobilizing effect.

      Notice you answered my critique with a (poor) guess at the motivation behind my comment rather than a logical defense of your doomerism. Ad hominems only work on insecure people.