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In my view, micrototalitarian actions like this are every bit as bad as the ills they seek to cure. Insisting on infringing the liberty of others, before even s
by CodeWriter23 6y ago
In my view, micrototalitarian actions like this are every bit as bad as the ills they seek to cure. Insisting on infringing the liberty of others, before even so much as talking to another person is the very core of what ails our society in this time.
- fastball 6y agoI'd argue that wild histrionics as you have just demonstrated are worse than whatever this is (which certainly does not infringe on anyone's liberty).
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoSpot on.
- CodeWriter23 6y agoIt infringes my liberty to browse with JavaScript enabled. Further, when the argument is lost, ad hominem becomes the tool of the loser.
- fastball 6y agoYou don’t have a right to browse someone else’s content. Calling out your histrionics for what they are is not ad hominem. I’m attacking your statement, not your person. Further, that’s not some sort of axiomatic law, that’s just a phrase. Even if it was, losers using ad hominem doesn’t mean winners don’t, that’s not how logic works.
- bigbubba 6y agoHe may have insulted you, but not all insults constitute logical fallacies. Ad hominem: You're wrong because you're an idiot. Just an insult: You're an idiot because you're wrong. Furthermore, concluding that somebody is wrong because they used a logical fallacy is itself a logical fallacy. If I said "2+2=4 because you're an idiot" my reasoning would be fallacious, but to conclude that the answer must therefore not be four is also fallacious.
- anoncake 6y agomicrototalitarian, adjective: relating to a system of government that is a tiny bit centralized and dictatorial and requires a microscopic degree of subservience to the state.
- approxim8ion 6y agoGood things are indeed just as bad as bad things.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoThe microdictator is amused: https://twitter.com/heydonworks/status/1333058648365535235 https://twitter.com/heydonworks/status/1333058648365535235