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Because of comments like this, basically.

• hitekker 4y ago
  Ironically, I haven't seen steelmanning demonstrated well in this comment section. Lots of praise, specious examples. The top comment claims that a heated back-and-forth where they recommend steelmanning is a successful discussion. Hmmm. Steelmanning in practice may just be indistinguishable from trolling. The lazy redditor wants to look smarter than other redditors, by making a convoluted argument that no one believes in. It's intellectual posturing dressed up in "good faith".
• spacemanmatt 4y ago
  You seem to have confused contrarianism with steelmanning.