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> as a left-leaning liberal, I hereby declare I know that's how it works on the internet: All it takes to negate thousands of people with one opinion is for so
by phendrenad2 1y ago
> as a left-leaning liberal, I hereby declare
I know that's how it works on the internet: All it takes to negate thousands of people with one opinion is for someone to come out and identify with them and say the opposite. Just one person!
Likewise, if thousands of people believe something, as long as they say "nobody ever claimed THAT!" then, it's as though they never believed it (despite it being obvious from every other indicator that they DO, in fact, believe that).
Unfortunately, it's all just silly internet sophistry and the real world happily ignores it.
- ajross 1y ago> All it takes to negate thousands of people with one opinion ... thousands? You haven't cited even one! Which, as I eagerly point out, is exactly one fewer example than I provided. So even accepting your dismissal as framed, I win. By a lot. Seems to me that it's the person asserting the existence of a conspiracy that needs to be the one coming to the table with evidence.
- phendrenad2 1y agoYou're right, you win, by a lot. The real world is rearranging itself to comply with your interent win as we speak! Thank goodness you were here to save us all!