Great lengths are gone to, to avoid responding to direct questions. If you can accuse the other person of being in a bad group (bot, capitalist, not actually left, from an instance I don’t like, etc) then you can avoid reflecting on your own philosophies and the flaws that exist in it. Cognitive dissonance avoided and upvotes gained, pretty compelling for our brains.

That your girlfriend?

What was breathless about the article? Seemed pretty matter of fact in its presentation.

You call the other person a name

You don’t respond to anything they say directly

You do it twice in the same thread

You call something context without providing context