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Appealing to insult is not, in fact, an argument. It's a form of rhetoric which doesn't change peoples minds, it reinforces them.
by krona 2y ago
Appealing 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.