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What's wrong with that? (This seems about as fallacious/irrelevant of a counterargument as "Quit being so emotional," "Are you triggered," etc.) "You are rude
by geofft 7y ago
What's wrong with that? (This seems about as fallacious/irrelevant of a counterargument as "Quit being so emotional," "Are you triggered," etc.)
"You are rude and selfish" is a provocative title. (Some may even call it clickbait.) That someone is provoked by it doesn't mean that the article is correct, just that it's provocative. How do the actual arguments and counterarguments hold up against each other?
- rognjen 7y agoThe op is invoking racism and colonialism because the article struck a nerve in the sense that they feel criticised that they aren't on time. Surely that's not an ideal argument. That's what I meant.
- coldtea 7y agoThe concept of punctuality in modern society (and how and why it was enforced, and where its culturally applicable and where not) is more broad that this or that individual being punctual or not. It can grind one's gears (speaking of which, a classic example of critique against the mechanization of time in modern capitalism was "Modern Times" and its iconic clock scene) whether they are punctual or not. In this case, the absolute tone of TFA is what struck me. Besides, the value of "struck a nerve" as an argument is close to zero. One could say just it as well against a doctor that rants against an anti-vaxing comment for example. Doesn't mean the doctor is wrong.