>>831533mods should delete shitposts but i think there's merit in responding honestly to some of the more well thought out bait, to an extent. if you neglect the fundamentals of theory then you're handing reactionaries a free win. people who might be browsing the site and are unfamiliar with left wing thought and are looking for answers might take it as proof that we have no response to it. if you engage sincerely with bad faith posting that's pretending to be in good faith, the mask will come off very quickly, and that's basically all you have to do to defeat it. trolls and reactionaries expect angry butthurt replies that call them stupid, not genuine responses.