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Don't be silly, it's brought up as a support clause that is also lacking any factual evidence.
by jstimpfle 10mo ago
Don't be silly, it's brought up as a support clause that is also lacking any factual evidence.
- latexr 10mo agoWhy are you so hung up on scrutinising Blow’s words to defend him, but then take the critic’s words with a broad general brush to dismiss them? You even decry the lack of factual evidence in the critic’s case, but for some reason said nothing about Blow doing the same first. That’s what looks silly to me. You’re not treating them the same.
- jstimpfle 10mo agoNot scrutinizing Blow's words. One must be extremely careful when calling anyone fascist or similar labels. The burden of proof is on the accuser, not on the accused. It's obviously right to demand precision from the accuser, and to interpret whatever the accused said in good faith.
- latexr 10mo ago> One must be extremely careful when calling anyone fascist or similar labels. Which I’m not doing.
- djeastm 10mo agoThey're reading the statement correctly, imo.
- jstimpfle 10mo agoIt might be the _logically_ correct interpretation that these are separate things. Now let's talk about rhetorics. Why are two unrelated, heavy accusations combined in a single sentence? Then consider that the added accusation (misogynist) doesn't hold water even on a logical level (let alone the bad faith involved here), it is a crass misreading of the evidence that was brought up for it.
- psyopsy 10mo agoI’ve never seen a thread so reflective of this meme: “It's amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.”