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Ok, well... that's not really an argument, is it? It actually is, though. Sure, it didn’t work—probably because enough people weren’t convinced that it was tr
by Xeamek 2y ago
Ok, well... that's not really an argument, is it?
It actually is, though.
Sure, it didn’t work—probably because enough people weren’t convinced that it was true enough (and also because they didn’t care)—but it's not unreasonable to think that such an argument should have been enough.
- krona 2y agoAppealing to insult is not, in fact, an argument. It's a form of rhetoric which doesn't change peoples minds, it reinforces them.
- Xeamek 2y ago"X is a fascist" is not just a simple insult. Pretending that's all it is is ignorance at best
- llamaimperative 2y ago“You are fascist” actually isn’t just an insult. If you display fascist tendencies then you’re a fascist, and he displays many of those typical tendencies.
- a-french-anon 2y ago[flagged]
- vacuity 2y agoThere are actual fascists (and not as few as I would like) and they need to be called out, but using the term inaccurately and provocatively on a broad group makes it easier to oppose the usage outright. Optics are important to politics, like it or not.