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> People whose jobs depend on something claim that thing is getting worse, without any further evidence That's not one bit compelling, and doesn't support what
by gaganyaan 3y ago
> People whose jobs depend on something claim that thing is getting worse, without any further evidence
That's not one bit compelling, and doesn't support what you're saying
- thomastjeffery 3y agoYou are not quoting me. Please check who you are replying to.
- gaganyaan 3y agoI was responding to your comment with a rhetorical device. Your quote is entirely uninteresting because of course police will claim that increased drug use and increased $BAD_THING are linked, and please can they have more funding. There's no evidence behind your quote, and you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoYou wrote a thing like this > some text I assumed that to be a quote. Was it not? --- > and you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place. You mean the article we are commenting on shouldn't have brought it up in the first place. I agree! My point is that it did indeed bring it up. Nothing more. You are arguing with no one, and directing it at me.
- gaganyaan 3y agoIt's a common way of rephrasing what someone said to point out the absurdity in their statement. I mean that you in particular shouldn't have brought it up. You should apply your reasoning, and not argue using bad arguments. If the article has a bad argument, don't repeat it.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoI provided it as context. For fucks sake, this is the article we are writing comments for! God forbid I talk about the OP! Did you read literally any other part of my comments?!?
- gaganyaan 3y agoYou replied to someone that said "No one I know seriously considers changing the structure that's in place" with an irrelevant comment