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"Rebuttal" would work better. Calling it a fact check implies "I'm right, you're wrong. The debate is over."
by swebs 6y ago
"Rebuttal" would work better. Calling it a fact check implies "I'm right, you're wrong. The debate is over."
- dbbk 6y agoCalling it a fact check implies that there are facts. Facts are real things, they are not up for debate.
- robertlagrant 6y agoThis is silly. Everyone knows there are facts. What you're replying to assumes this already.
- shadowgovt 6y ago> Everyone knows there are facts. The notion of "post-truth politics" is one of the major issues of the day. "Everyone knows there are facts" is not actually a given in modern discourse.
- raziel2p 6y agoAs it should be, with a fact check (at least if the fact is demonstrably false). "Debates" (insofar as that concept even exists on a platform like Twitter) started on false grounds should not be allowed to continue. If I make a claim "A, therefore B, therefore C", and A is demonstrably false, I'm not going to insist we keep discussing B and C for the sake of not "ending the debate". I should be forced to either concede or find a new line of reasoning.