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How to win any argument on HN: 0. Start by moving the overton window to the edge of civility. Do not provide any justifications for your opinion. For example,
by fruitworks 1y ago
How to win any argument on HN:
0. Start by moving the overton window to the edge of civility. Do not provide any justifications for your opinion. For example, "Protestors inside a government building should be met with violence"
1. Don't address any points they make
2. Make a snarky passive agressive
response, thus winning.
3. Flag them for hurting your feelings. By discussing your ideas concretely ("who should perform the violence" "why?"), they have explored the "uncivil" aspects. This grounds for deleting their comment.
- whimsicalism 1y agosorry for not engaging faithfully with a user that called me a coward within 3 sentences. your comment was flagged by third parties
- fruitworks 1y ago[flagged]
- yibg 1y agoOr just start with ad hominem attacks first and then get indignant when the other person doesn't want to engage in an "argument".