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It's amazing how much discourse is just people pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible. Asinine means "utterly silly or stupid" a
by dwoldrich 1mo ago
It's amazing how much discourse is just people pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.
Asinine means "utterly silly or stupid" and "ass-like".
You can't separate criticizing the person making an argument from criticism of the argument when using a charged put down like 'asinine'.
I have made reasoned arguments, nowhere near asinine tier. If you want to appeal to authority/experts or cite lefty prop, okay I guess. Otherwise, I've heard it all and done the research. I've lived too long and watched decades of doomer predictions fail. It's exhausting! Be tired with me, collapse! :)
Finally, I never want you to shut up, I just want the grift you prefer (or at least tolerate) to end. The best I can offer you is political exile to the wasteland of failed ideas forever. ;)
- palmotea 1mo ago[dead]
- dwoldrich 1mo agoI didn't flag you @palmotea, I prefer to keep the conversation going. I am sympathetic to your frustration, but your words have meaning, whether you are conscious of them or not and those meanings are as far as I can go to meet your mind. One of the last definitions of empathy is to possess a supernatural mind reading ability to understand what others are thinking. I must admit to my inability to read your mind in person or over the internets.