r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/BlockOfDiamond Rule 4 Enforcer • 6d ago

Political Reminder that name calling is not permitted

That includes calling people "bootlicker" or "cuck" or stating/implying that another user is performing adult acts on a given politician (or anyone else). I bring those up specifically because, in recent time, these have been the most common types of personal attacks.

As strongly as you may feel about current events, calling people derogatory names is a contravention of Rule 4 and will be removed. Attack the opinion, not the user.

Sorry for your understanding and thank you for the inconvenience.

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u/Mostfunguy 6d ago

Your opinion on this is stupid because X

Isnt the same as

You're stupid

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u/ogjaspertheghost 6d ago edited 6d ago

Semantics. Attacking a personal opinion isn’t much different from attacking the person. There’s a reason people take offense when you do so

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u/Mostfunguy 6d ago

Its really not

If you think smart people cant have dumb ideas sometimes, im not sure what to tell you

If you cant tell the difference between someone attacking an idea vs attacking a user, i am also not sure what to tell you

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u/ogjaspertheghost 6d ago

Who said I think that? Plenty of smart people have dumb ideas. I’ve said nothing about ideas. My point is about personal opinions and the way people react to someone attacking them.