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I don't know enough about those two bloggers to comment in a fair manner, but I'll just say I don't think the distinction between arguments and character assass

I don't know enough about those two bloggers to comment in a fair manner, but I'll just say I don't think the distinction between arguments and character assassinations is as clear as you are drawing it. If I think people born on a tuesday have no souls based on deductive reasoning, and invite likeminded folks to spread the word, is that an argument or a character assassination? I would say the latter, someone else might say the former.

throw10920 3y ago
> I don't think the distinction between arguments and character assassinations is as clear as you are drawing it. It's certainly very clear in this case that the NYT conducted a character assassination of Scott Alexander, so I don't know why you're making this argument.