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How was the poster mischaracterizing? He did not say government buildings were damaged, only that they should be protected.
by beaner 6y ago
How was the poster mischaracterizing? He did not say government buildings were damaged, only that they should be protected.
- na85 6y agoIt's a classic tactic of online trolls to construct a straw-man argument and then direct their efforts towards attributing their argument to you. It works because they twist your words into something inflammatory and you waste time/energy defending yourself and trying to discriminate between your point and the point they paint you as making. Meanwhile to a casual observer you get made to look like the extremist. In this case, asking "how will you protect government buildings?" is like asking "how will you prevent protesters from leaking classified military secrets?". Nobody said that classified military secrets were being leaked, only that they should be protected.