And I’m genuinely hurt by this.
Someone in a tiktok comment section was talking about anarchists hiding cultural-conservatives but because tiktok comments are limited I didn’t really understand what they were talking about so I asked if there was a book or article I could read to learn more about this particular event. They then stated “do anarchist sock puppets read books now?” And I feel like shit. I don’t know what I said to provoke this hostility.
I know I’m overly sensitive but I actually am tearing up because of this. I hate the thought of being perceived as an enemy. I don’t know what to say to let them know I’m not a sock puppet…
Their comments mentioned something about the Chinese communists and the IWW.
The main thing to consider is this: would this person ever talk to you like this in person? No, they’re overly hostile because they’re online. Don’t engage with people who are immediately assholes, you actively trying to get better informed on a topic should never warrant such a response, their shitty behavior is NOT an indictment on you as an individual, you’re awesome, Comrade, keep it up 👍
You’re comment reminded me of this:
I only asked them for more information since tiktok comment threads are practically unreadable and due to the character limitations their singular comments were hard to understand as well. Maybe they saw me as one of those “source?” People who only ask in bad faith just so they can never read what you post but I tried to word my comment in a way that was genuine. Maybe I should’ve used a tone indicator.
But I’ll keep asking questions and learning more and hopefully one day I’ll figure out what anarchist event they were referencing.
Thank you for the encouragement, it means a lot.
