Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that Nazi apologist being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.

Nakoichi [they/them] · 10 months ago

Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that Nazi apologist being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.

BodyBySisyphus [he/him] · 10 months ago

Learn the Art of Debate: The Ad Hominem Fallacy:

You are an unimaginative, impotent weasel, therefore you are wrong

❌️ Ad hominem attack, weasels are still capable of making valid claims, however unlikely

You are wrong and also an unimaginative, impotent weasel

✅ Reasonable induction from available evidence, not an ad hominem

ProfessorOwl_PhD [any] · 10 months ago

genuinely the hardest part of arguing with is explaining the difference between using an ad-hominem argument and just being extensively insulting. Not because it's particularly hard to define an ad hominem argument and create examples, just because the are so deep set.

da_gay_pussy_eatah [she/her] · 10 months ago

"I'm not saying you're wrong BECAUSE you're stupid, I'm saying you're wrong AND you're stupid."

BodyBySisyphus [he/him] · 10 months ago

It's also a deliberate obfuscation because so much discourse on isn't about the intellectually honest search for the truth, it's about getting community support by reinforcing the majority consensus, within which saying "Hey you insulted me no fair" makes you sound peevish and weak while saying "that's an ad hominem therefore you are wrong" adds to the collective veneer of sophistication and helps head off any actual engagement with the content.

Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that **Nazi apologist** being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.

Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that **Nazi apologist** being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.

Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that Nazi apologist being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.

Every time I see this I think of how funny it is that Nazi apologist being in bold was not editorializing on part of the admin that added it, the poster put that in bold themselves.