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>I never accused you of saying all users of Apple products > when they accuse Apple users of I did not accuse Apple users in general, just a set of them. > e

>I never accused you of saying all users of Apple products > when they accuse Apple users of I did not accuse Apple users in general, just a set of them. > even if you personally think there are customers of other companies that exhibit the same traits, you almost certainly wouldn't think to apply those specific labels Yes, I would, and I do. > Why do you think those labels are appropriate Because they accurately describe the groups I apply them to. > what portion of Apple's customer base do you think they apply to? A significant portion of their vocal user base. > If you think that this description is only appropriate for a very small number of people, why even bring it up? Because they are the loudest ones and they lower the signal-to-noise ratio considerably. Why do you care that I bring it up? > Do you actually know what a straw man argument is Yes, you are deliberately misrepresenting my argument so you can appear to have successfully attacked it. And now you are trying to belittle my intelligence by accusing me of not knowing what a strawman is and that I'm attempting to "shut down conversation" (which is laughable, here in a public comments thread, where I have no ability to shut down anything). Given your defensiveness, intellectual dishonesty, and inability to read a dissenting opinion without exploding, I have to imagine that you are one of the True Believers. edit: just so we're clear, that last line was sarcastic, so please don't have a conniption

eridius 12y ago
I thought we were having a debate in good faith. It's clear that you're not interested in doing so, and instead are attempting to "win" on technicalities (such as your continued insistence that I claimed you thought all Apple users were brainwashed), and have now resorted to personal insults and gross misrepresentation of my words. I don't understand why you're behaving this way. I thought my question was fairly straightforward, but you seem to be doing your best to avoid having to answer it. If you don't want to answer, then just don't reply.

eridius 12y ago

I thought we were having a debate in good faith. It's clear that you're not interested in doing so, and instead are attempting to "win" on technicalities (such as your continued insistence that I claimed you thought all Apple users were brainwashed), and have now resorted to personal insults and gross misrepresentation of my words. I don't understand why you're behaving this way. I thought my question was fairly straightforward, but you seem to be doing your best to avoid having to answer it. If you don't want to answer, then just don't reply.