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The parent you're replying to did not draw conclusions, merely talked about patterns. Kinda like I see a pattern in you, within 48 hours, defending climate chan

The parent you're replying to did not draw conclusions, merely talked about patterns. Kinda like I see a pattern in you, within 48 hours, defending climate change denial, religious oppression and now Trump. Humans do that - they look at the world and see patterns all the time. Some people are worse at it than others.

PKop 10y ago
*catastrophic climate change. Not that its not changing, since that is literally always true. But that the fear mongers making outlandish predictions haven't been accurate. And that the prescriptions they advocate would cause a whole lot of suffering especially for the poorest people.
- wellboy 10y ago
  What kind of scientific projections were outlandish if I may ask?
Banthum 10y ago
The weak "you've stated opinions of the wrong tribe in other discussions, therefore nobody should believe you" character attacks are a boring waste of time. Please respond to the comment at hand; digging through post history to find character attack material really isn't great on multiple levels.
- scrollaway 10y ago
  I didn't say "nobody should believe" the poster, I said I'm seeing a pattern. And I didn't have to dig deep, it's quite literally the last three comments the poster made. When I'm replying to someone, I very often look at their other comments. It gives me more context about who they are, how they think, and more often than not leads me to other interesting articles. It's an exercise I recommend.
  - joenot443 10y ago
    Absolutely fair - but to bring up their past comments in a debate you're having with them is extremely tacky, in my opinion. Part of the reason discourse on this website is considered so much better than reddit is that it's generally considered poor form to dig through users past comments.
- wutbrodo 10y ago
  > digging through post history to find character attack material really isn't great on multiple levels. Not to mention being kind of pathetic

PKop 10y ago

*catastrophic climate change. Not that its not changing, since that is literally always true. But that the fear mongers making outlandish predictions haven't been accurate. And that the prescriptions they advocate would cause a whole lot of suffering especially for the poorest people.

wellboy 10y ago
What kind of scientific projections were outlandish if I may ask?

Banthum 10y ago

The weak "you've stated opinions of the wrong tribe in other discussions, therefore nobody should believe you" character attacks are a boring waste of time. Please respond to the comment at hand; digging through post history to find character attack material really isn't great on multiple levels.

scrollaway 10y ago
I didn't say "nobody should believe" the poster, I said I'm seeing a pattern. And I didn't have to dig deep, it's quite literally the last three comments the poster made. When I'm replying to someone, I very often look at their other comments. It gives me more context about who they are, how they think, and more often than not leads me to other interesting articles. It's an exercise I recommend.
- joenot443 10y ago
  Absolutely fair - but to bring up their past comments in a debate you're having with them is extremely tacky, in my opinion. Part of the reason discourse on this website is considered so much better than reddit is that it's generally considered poor form to dig through users past comments.
wutbrodo 10y ago
> digging through post history to find character attack material really isn't great on multiple levels. Not to mention being kind of pathetic