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If someone stood up with a sign that said "all people named throwanem, their ancestors and descendants are stupid and deserve to be lobotomized" - will you dili
by blinkingled 9y ago
If someone stood up with a sign that said "all people named throwanem, their ancestors and descendants are stupid and deserve to be lobotomized" - will you diligently argue with that person every time you see them? I would not - I would ignore it in an instant based on its lack of logic and utility.
Shit exists, insanity exits, people can and will say what they want - doesn't mean every thing that's said needs to be addressed without regard to anything else.
- throwanem 9y agoWell, I don't know of anyone actually so named, so there's that. I also don't always accept an interlocutor's priors when they seem unlikely to support productive discussion, and argument from absurdity is one of those situations. You seem strongly convinced that there is nothing more to be said beyond your own apparently firmly held view on this subject, and I respect that. However, it appears this view is far from ubiquitous. Does misrepresenting and insulting those who do not share it seem more likely to convince them than ignoring them does?
- blinkingled 9y ago> it appears this view is far from ubiquitous. So for you, validity of views has corelation with how many people hold it? I guess we can call that absurdity and stop?
- throwanem 9y agoI don't believe I have said anything of the sort. But if it's a matter of import to you that your view come to hold sway among those who do not currently subscribe to it, I should think you'd have some interest in finding effective ways to convince them. I'm not sure the methods you seem to be employing here satisfy that criterion.