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Yeah, don't put too much stock in this guy's words. Being a defector, flipping 180 degrees and becoming the USSR's biggest and most popular detractor is a no-br
by phendrenad2 4y ago
Yeah, don't put too much stock in this guy's words. Being a defector, flipping 180 degrees and becoming the USSR's biggest and most popular detractor is a no-brainer. But sadly, he could have said that the KGB had pink bunny guns and traveled around on marshmallow clouds and many on the right would lap it up, because it fits a political preconception.
- twixfel 4y agoBy your logic, we shouldn't ever listen to any defectors, ever. That just doesn't make any sense.
- phendrenad2 4y agoThat's like saying, "by your logic, we should never cross the road, because we can't possibly look both ways enough times!"
- twixfel 4y agoYou're literally saying he shouldn't be listened to because he's a defector. You're not engaging with anything he said, just writing him off for being a defector. That is really stupid.
- phendrenad2 4y agoAnd you're saying that we should listen to defectors, for no reason whatsoever. Or are you saying that we should listen to defectors, because they are defectors? In that case, how is that different from what you accuse me of? BTW, what I actually said is that we shouldn't blindly believe defectors, because there are compelling reasons for them to stretch the truth. See the difference? There are three ways we can treat a story: We can choose to believe it, we can ignore it, or we can choose to disbelieve it. You wouldn't believe my "pink bunny guns" example, would you? So you're already doing what I suggest, we just differ in degree.