Fediverse memes

No. He proceeded to say my argument is based on anecdotal evidence (which I had no problem acknowledging because personal experiences are subjective even if they are personal experiences of an entire group of people) only to turn around and present an even more anecdotal evidence than mine (the experience of a single individual) as something factual, and then double down defending it when called out about it being anecdotal evidence. He will dismiss or deflect any kind of argument he doesn't agree with and then present his own arguments that are just as fallible to the reasons he uses to dismiss arguments. He's not in discussions in good faith, he refuses to question his own beliefs and he only pushes his own beliefs onto others.

I'm not salty about talking to him, I simply don't see any value in having a discussion where the only possible outcome is him being right about everything and me being wrong about everything. Just look at the thread here. I'll give you an example. OP clarified who he meant by tankies.

People who

Support modern russia and/or are opposed to Ukraine Deny that the Uyghurs were mistreated by china Think the DRPK is a nice place to live right now.

and his response to that was:

Most Marxists do not uncritically support Russia, though opposition to the Nationalists like Azov in Ukraine is something common on the Left, and believe Russia’s anti-US stance is beneficial for the Global South (see the string of African liberation movements in the past few years).

Translation. We don't fully support Russia but we do support Russia for reasons not at all related to the conflict in question.

Most Marxists can agree that the Uyghur people have been placed in re-education camps, but most do not believe they are being systemically murdered en masse like many people report.

Translation. We can (which doesn't mean you actually do) accept Uyghurs have been mistreated, but we do (no longer can) not accept the systematical mistreatment. (which is the core of the criticism when it comes to the treatment of Uyghurs, not to mention the allegations of torture and sterilization etc. that are also completely glossed over).

Most Marxists think the DPRK is doing surprisingly well for a country under extreme embargoes and was subject to more tons of bombs than the pacific front in World War II, not that it would be preferable to live there than in a highly developed country free from those problems.

Translation. DPRK would be a nice place to live right now if not for those pesky embargoes and bombs (notice not a single criticism at the authoritarian government that is arguably the biggest reason DPRK is not a good place to live at)

And then when OP gives him an inch in good faith he takes the whole inch and pushes OP to "not call people tankies" even though he's exactly the kind of person OP is calling out.

There are more examples of him being disingenuous, deflecting arguments that push him to admit even the slightest of mistakes and then pushing his own agenda on others. No examples of him dismissing valid arguments in this thread but I'm sure people can find those in other threads. And with that I think I've made my point to the people will listen.