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Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoI usually find that discussions are more protective when they focus on things people actually said, and not bullshit that you made up and assigned to them. Whether making up bullshit and putting words in other people’s mouths is called “subtext” or “strawmanning” doesn’t really matter, it’s equally unproductive and bad faith either way.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
No, there’s a difference between strawmanning and subtext, and the fact that you refuse to see that tells me all I need to know.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
In both cases, you’re just making up bullshit and trying to put it in my mouth. You can quibble over definitions all day long, doesn’t change that.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Subtext is not “making up bullshit” and if you think it’s the same thing then you really are dense.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Then I must be dense. Because you definitely did make up bullshit to assign to me instead of engaging with what I actually said.