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    10 months ago

    Did you just describe what I did in a reductive way, without even attempting to explain your point? Why should I listen to you?

    Try attacking the idea itself: “You’re just kicking the can down the road. It’s the exact same idea, phrased differently.”

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        10 months ago

        Attack the argument or accept that you’re wrong.

        “Small dick energy” is just a way to say “small dick” without getting called out for it.

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          10 months ago

          Begging people to debate you about how saying small dick energy is like dropping hard Rs is the most small dick energy thing I can think of, no thanks

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            See, you still show no evidence you have any clue what I’m saying, so how can I take you seriously? I never said it is “like droping hard Rs”. Seriously, get up to speed or get lost.

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              10 months ago

              Here’s an actual, completely serious input for you: If you want people to take you seriously and actually engage, don’t start by comparing them to outspoken racists. People will prefer to roast you

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                I’m not. I didn’t realise people would be so confused by analogies.

                I compared the rhetoric. That’s the point of such devices. You don’t have to be a racist to use similar logic to them.

                This isn’t complicated whatsoever.

                The guy is hiding behind semantics, so I described another instance of hiding behind semantics. I deliberately used an extreme example so the error was more clear. Basic reductio ad absurdum.