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Never insulted you. Grow some skin, champ. And because of this you completely derailed the conversation. So congrats on that too.
I didn't derail anything. You resorted to personal insults, and I called you out on them.
Maybe that's a good reason not to personally insult people; it helps keep conversations focused on the topic.
And for the record, telling someone they have a shitty opinion is an insult. And that's exactly why you said it. You are the one that needs to grow some skin, because you get so mad you have to insult someone because you don't feel you can make a point.
Again, what personal insult? You keep saying it over and over, and yet there has been no ad hominid continuing on derailing the conversation.
I've already pointed out the personal insult, and you know exactly what it was because you said it.
I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here.
For the record, your insult didn’t anger or bait me—it just made me lose interest in your points because I can’t take you seriously anymore.
Removed, civility.
I'm not whining about anything. He resorted to personal insults, I told him that, and also let him know as a result of that, I can't take any of his remarks seriously. And I let him know that his comments were in danger of being removed because of the rules of this community.
That's not whining or being an idiot. That's standing up for myself, and letting him know that this Lemmy community has rules. I'm not a mod here, and I didn't create the rules here.
If you disagree with the community rules regarding civility, then message the mods and make your opinion known.
Here is a record of comments removed and why: https://lemmy.world/modlog/1252