• glimse@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Would you call someone stupid for throwing their remote at the TV because they got mad at something an actor said? I would.

    And I’d say that’s nowhere near as stupid as attacking a real human being for the same.

    They’re stupid. The only people you could possibly argue aren’t are the ones who just booed.

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      9 days ago

      Honestly, no I wouldn’t automatically call that person stupid. I’d think they had trouble regulating their emotions, but would not judge their overall intelligence based on just that. There are many things that can lead to inability to handle anger in a healthy way, that have nothing to do with intelligence.

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      10 days ago

      throwing their remote at the TV because they got mad at something an actor said

      Guess what. The actor wouldn’t notice in your example. Which makes your whole analogy pointless.

      • glimse@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        Guess what. Both are examples of people getting violent because of a character in media they chose to consume. Which makes your whole comment pointless

        You wrote that like it was some kind of gotcha but it really just makes you seem like the type of person who yells at their TV