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shouting "logical fallacy" is not how debate works. using knowledge of fallacy to illustrate the underlying logical error in someones argument is how debate wo
by basch 7y ago
shouting "logical fallacy" is not how debate works.
using knowledge of fallacy to illustrate the underlying logical error in someones argument is how debate works. you should never actually need to reference a fallacy out loud during debate.
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- okmokmz 7y agoIf there was more to your initial comment I could have said more, but you essentially said 'whatabaout you having a smartphone' and that was it. The sole argument was fallacious, and there was nothing more I could reply to...
- basch 7y agoI didnt say that. That was someone else. I think everyone else understood the implication of "but you already have a camera and microphone in your pocket, what additional privacy violation does this cause above and beyond everyone's phones." The poster likely thought it didnt need to be spelled out.
- dang 7y agoCan you please not do tit-for-tat flamewars like this on HN? They're ultra tedious, and you broke the site guidelines repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y agoCan you please not do tit-for-tat flamewars like this on HN? They're ultra tedious, and you broke the site guidelines repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: you've done this so much elsewhere and broken the site guidelines so badly that we've banned your account. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21089074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21089074.