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minus-squarePosadistInevitablity [he/him]hexbear5·edit-210 months agoThus “pedantic nonsense” You can’t prove independence through logical contradiction. It’s a state of foreign recognition. China clearly won the war enough to be recognized. Taiwan did not. Independence isn’t a vibe. link
minus-squarerandint@lemm.eehexbear1·10 months agoReductio ad absurdium is not "pedantic nonsense." linkfedilink
minus-squarePosadistInevitablity [he/him]hexbear1·edit-210 months agoWhen misapplied that badly, it really is. link
Thus “pedantic nonsense”
You can’t prove independence through logical contradiction. It’s a state of foreign recognition. China clearly won the war enough to be recognized. Taiwan did not.
Independence isn’t a vibe.
Reductio ad absurdium is not "pedantic nonsense."
When misapplied that badly, it really is.