• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    It's almost like

    Standard issue Reddit format opener is already a bad start.

    every government commits atrocities at some point or another

    What is the point of such a claim? Is the implication that all governments are equally bad? That is both lazy and absurd. Is this some veiled libertarian pitch in favor of ostensibly less government, except still a government and less accountable?

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Reading comprehension. Learn it.

        Is it even possible for you to reply without coming across as smug and condescending? smuglord

        Never said anything about how equal the atrocities were.

        Of course you didn't. You used the wormy Reddit plausible-deniability format where you imply your position without actually committing to it.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            It's almost like every government commits atrocities at some point or another.

            Reading comprehension. Learn it.

            I didn't imply shit, but you do you.

            If you supposedly implied nothing in that first line, what was the point of that empty and unprovably vague first statement to begin with? Since you're euphoric and enlightened by your own intelligence, show some spine and tell us.

            • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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              9 months ago

              Now you're dictating how I feel? Jesus. I'm not going to say something I don't mean/beleave because you want me to.

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                9 months ago

                Now you're dictating how I feel?

                "I didn't imply shit" about how you feel. smuglord

                I'm not going to say something I don't mean/beleave because you want me to.

                So you say that people fail at reading comprehension if they don't derive the meaning you desire them to, and you won't say what that meaning is. morshupls

                • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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                  9 months ago

                  How dare you imply meaning in my statements tankie smuglord

                  They really never want to take an actual position. They always retreat to "that's not what i said!" I don't understand that, no matter how many times i see it.

                  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                    9 months ago

                    It takes it to a whole new level that "you don't understand" and "you are illiterate" were said alongside "no, I will NOT state what you were supposed to read out of the vague statement." smuglord

      • Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlM
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        9 months ago

        Reading comprehension. Learn it.

        Can you please tone down the unnecessary aggression? I understand politics can be sensitive but we prefer to keep this place civil.