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A chat with a Russian Troll

11/23/2017

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I've noticed that I am talking more and more with people who are pro-Russia and anti-Clinton. I don't really care about the anti-Clinton stuff anymore, since she already lost and so it's become more of a red flag for me when I talk to people. It tells me that they don't want me to pay attention to the Russian conspiracy, but to some other weird thing. Why? Maybe because they're paid to. Maybe because they believe it. Who knows, what I do know is that I am a man of logic, and if you can't come up with a logical argument, then it becomes harder to convince me. 

Many who I have talked to also get frustrated when I play by their rules and don't like it when I out their methods of distraction. The following discussion happened today:
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"Ryan" tries to trigger me, but I'm divorced and so I don't trigger that easily anymore, before #CNN = #FAKENEWS+++ returns. (I'll call him "Pete" from now on)
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Figuring he's a troll, because he was taking a small article from the Hill and trying to expand it into a full blown conspiracy, I asked Pete not to ignore my argument. He said he'd respond to it by tomorrow, but wanted to leave me with a last question, which I almost immediately respond to.
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I finished my point by posting a picture of Flynn and Stein having dinner with Putin last year. This seemed to trigger Pete, who started posting fast, short tweets.
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He mentions Louis Mensch, which is another red flag for me as well, because she's already blocked me and is part of a whole different issue involving block lists...
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But he asked me why I cared so much about Russia when the REAL conspiracy was happening between Obama and Mexico... or something like that. I called out his argument as "whataboutism", so he tried one last time to swing me with his sophist argument...
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...before he finally blocked me. He provided no evidence of this last conspiracy theory.
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So fellow resistors, use this debate as a reference. Don't just learn how to speak, learn how to analyze what your opponent is doing. Learn the difference between Socratic dialogue and sophistry. Keep the opponent's goals of division and distraction in mind and scrutinize their evidence.

If you are knowledgeable enough, try to veer them out of their argument and hit them with curve balls like I did with the picture of Flynn having dinner with Putin. Their rants will help you understand what their intentions really are. I wasn't expecting to talk to this person today, but I hope my experience with him can help teach others that these guys can be defeated.
Stay woke.
-"Jack"
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