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But "dishonest" is simpler language register than "deceitful". Doesn't that weakens your argument?
by jobigoud 5y ago
But "dishonest" is simpler language register than "deceitful". Doesn't that weakens your argument?
- howaboutnope 5y agoI didn't mean to contrast the two with each other, but both with "disingenuous", of which they're synonyms.
- tux3 5y agoMy takeaway from your data is that people call each other various shades of dishonest a lot more than they call each other stupid. And those are two very different things that don't got much to do with how big the words you type are. It's easy to not be entirely honest in an argument due to various biases, or when you have some sort of emotional attachment to an argument. That can be a reasonable thing to point out. Calling people stupid, on the other hand, that is pointless and purely inflammatory.