I find the selective quoting to be egregious.
Multiple times in that thread he would quote one bit of my post, react to it, then act like I hadn’t written anything else. Here’s an example:
I start my post by addressing the claim that other countries were wearing masks at the beginning of the pandemic when Fauci wasn’t recommending the same. I pointed out that they were wearing masks already because in the past they were heavily hit by respiratory diseases that didn’t affect the US in the same way. I go on to address the rest of his argument.
He responds with this:
He quotes part of my post, and ignores the part explaining the discrepancy between the advice about masks and what other countries were doing. Then repeats his gripe about the discrepancy as if I hadn’t refuted it.
Let’s say someone complains that red apples are poisonous and overpriced, and you respond with an article showing the safety of red apple consumption and the relative price of red apples to other kinds. They then quote you talking about the price, and counter with their own price comparison, and ignore your argument and cite about safety, and repeat that they are poisonous. How is that not trolling? Especially when the behavior is pointed out to them? So it’s not like it was a mistake. And he did this repeatedly. It’s why I left the thread.
It’s blatant and shouldn’t be ignored,