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I'm going by this definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire Claiming that across the US women get paid 20

I'm going by this definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire Claiming that across the US women get paid 20% less than men, for doing exactly the same work with exactly the same qualifications with everything aside from genitals being equal is not a conspiracy theory in your opinion? Claiming that society is sexist in that way is not a conspiracy theory? Even if I grant you that I used harsh language, I take issue with your priorities, I would priorities truth over political correctness.

brucephillips 9y ago
> Claiming that society is sexist in that way is not a conspiracy theory? No. It's just a false claim. False claims aren't conspiracy theories. > I would priorities truth over political correctness. It's prioritize*, and prioritization only matters when there's a tradeoff. I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake.
- whitemale 9y ago
  > False claims aren't conspiracy theories. Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true? > I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake. You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument, sounds like a tradeoff to me. And no, it's not a mistake, don't know where you got that idea from.
  - brucephillips 9y ago
    > Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true? (A -/-> B) does not mean that (B -> !A) When arguments devolve into basic logical errors, there's little hope in finding a resolution, which you're obviously not after anyway. > You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument. You're so intent on picking a fight that you don't realize I agreed with your actual argument above. Happy trolling.
    - dang 9y ago
      Please don't feed trolls on HN. That just makes this place worse, and the site guidelines ask you not to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Instead, flag egregious comments, as explained there and at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.

brucephillips 9y ago

> Claiming that society is sexist in that way is not a conspiracy theory? No. It's just a false claim. False claims aren't conspiracy theories. > I would priorities truth over political correctness. It's prioritize*, and prioritization only matters when there's a tradeoff. I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake.

whitemale 9y ago
> False claims aren't conspiracy theories. Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true? > I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake. You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument, sounds like a tradeoff to me. And no, it's not a mistake, don't know where you got that idea from.
- brucephillips 9y ago
  > Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true? (A -/-> B) does not mean that (B -> !A) When arguments devolve into basic logical errors, there's little hope in finding a resolution, which you're obviously not after anyway. > You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument. You're so intent on picking a fight that you don't realize I agreed with your actual argument above. Happy trolling.
  - dang 9y ago
    Please don't feed trolls on HN. That just makes this place worse, and the site guidelines ask you not to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Instead, flag egregious comments, as explained there and at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.