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Sorry, but saying I don't trust your paragraph of claims because I know at least one of those claims is grotesque and false doesn't shut down debate. More impor

Sorry, but saying I don't trust your paragraph of claims because I know at least one of those claims is grotesque and false doesn't shut down debate. More importantly, the point needs to be expressed. No one should get away with a statement like that unquestioned.

lamontcg 4y ago
The point can be made and the statement can be questioned without mindlessly discarding everything else the person said. What you're looking for is very clearly a simple way to discredit everything coming from someone if you can find one gotcha. That will be a very successful way to never have to challenge any of your opinions since nobody is infallible.
- spoils19 4y ago
  I was with you until your last word, as infallible, according to my conservative sources, is a liberal dogwhistle. And, now, thanks to that, I doubt everything else you wrote and will have to corroborate it with sources I trust more.
- PathOfEclipse 4y ago
  I feel again like you're not comprehending what I wrote, and I'm going to assume you're not intentionally being dishonest in doing so. > without mindlessly discarding everything else the person said. It's a good thing I didn't do that. > That will be a very successful way to never have to challenge any of your opinions since nobody is infallible. Funny because I don't have a strong opinion either way on how badly Musk has behaved relative to the Twitter acquisition, so there is no opinion of mine to even protect. Again, you don't seem to understand what the following statement means: "I don't trust what you're saying and will have to corroborate it with other sources". Because it definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    > I feel again like you're not comprehending what I wrote, and I'm going to assume you're not intentionally being dishonest in doing so. The feeling is quite literally mutual, unless this is some incredibly effective sarcasm and irony that you've written.

lamontcg 4y ago

The point can be made and the statement can be questioned without mindlessly discarding everything else the person said. What you're looking for is very clearly a simple way to discredit everything coming from someone if you can find one gotcha. That will be a very successful way to never have to challenge any of your opinions since nobody is infallible.

spoils19 4y ago
I was with you until your last word, as infallible, according to my conservative sources, is a liberal dogwhistle. And, now, thanks to that, I doubt everything else you wrote and will have to corroborate it with sources I trust more.
PathOfEclipse 4y ago
I feel again like you're not comprehending what I wrote, and I'm going to assume you're not intentionally being dishonest in doing so. > without mindlessly discarding everything else the person said. It's a good thing I didn't do that. > That will be a very successful way to never have to challenge any of your opinions since nobody is infallible. Funny because I don't have a strong opinion either way on how badly Musk has behaved relative to the Twitter acquisition, so there is no opinion of mine to even protect. Again, you don't seem to understand what the following statement means: "I don't trust what you're saying and will have to corroborate it with other sources". Because it definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.
- lamontcg 4y ago
  > I feel again like you're not comprehending what I wrote, and I'm going to assume you're not intentionally being dishonest in doing so. The feeling is quite literally mutual, unless this is some incredibly effective sarcasm and irony that you've written.