Cephalotrocity
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- Comment on Philosophy 2 days ago:
#11 gets real dark.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
No, I’m not entertaining your tried and true slippery slope of straw man accusations when you lose an argument. Be better, because this schtick is getting old and abusive. I’ve done nothing but politely explain my quite reasonable position and only answered your questions as best I can. Continuing on at this point would be sealioning as you’ve obviously tilted into direct attacks on me and to continue this to your embarrassment would only serve to further your agenda of getting a report enforced.
Have a good day Squid. Feel free to read up on that Principle of Charity link I previously supplied for a better understanding of rational argumentation.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
sealioning
Seriously, you’re a mod. Do better.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
Because I prefer rational arguments as they are the best ones for elucidating Truth, not appeals to emotional ones. I’d rather know I was right for good reasons than just join the mob right or not. In this case anyone could have accused Kamala of ‘being black’ and I could refute it without needing to racism claims into it.
Interesting that you use the word ‘charitable’ as the Principle of Charity is literally what I’m talking about.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
(although, obviously he is but I can’t be bothered to dredge up all that BS)
I clearly agree with you. The point is that his argument “Kamala is abusing her mixed heritage to pander to those audiences” is the best way to interpret the argument to come to rational conclusions.
In my counter-argument I simply state the premises: The candidates job is to win (implied), both candidates are pandering to their heritage, and accusations of pandering are an unpersuasive form criticism as it is expected from rational voters. Therefore, I do not find his complaint that her pandering is unfair, abusive or even remotely persuasive to vote for him instead.
If you want to pile on a rhetorical argument that he is racist and shouldn’t be voted for you’d be preaching to the choir, but as you can see accusing your arguer of being racist is both irrelevant and counter-productive to coming to the same conclusion in the end.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
You’ve edited the first comment I replied to so I cannot quote you.
Also, I’m sorry, the “best possible light” interpretation of “she became black” is that it isn’t racist. It’s racist. Not considering it racist is pretty fucking disgusting.
This is an ad hominem though, as you’re attacking the arguer’s morals instead of employing a proper argument.
As for the example “she became black”, in the context it was uttered Trump is arguing in his frenetic junk speech, that Kamala was using her mixed race to her advantage and gave examples where she appealed to her Indian and Black heritage distinctly due to the context in an attempt to manipulate that core audience. He makes no value judgments on those races or uses it to belittle them (as far as I can recall), which detracts from the racism accusation (although, obviously he is but I can’t be bothered to dredge up all that BS). He is simply saying: “she’s blatantly pandering”. An argument that I begrudgingly agree with (I hate that I do trust me). That said, while his argument is sound, I am unconvinced because I don’t blame her for pandering to people that share her heritage. If I could I would be too in her shoes, and frankly the obvious counter of “Trump also panders to those that share his heritage (white incels)” is unnecessary but implied in her rolling of eyes / mocking facial expressions.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
Technically yes, you should evaluate those statements in the best light possible with the intention of rebutting with a valid counter-argument that results in a rational conclusion. Absurd declarations are typically the easiest to do so.
In your examples even the moderators evaluated it in their best light. They didn’t jump to declaring donald “the dumbest person alive” and/or “pro-immigrant executions” (although I would have found it hilariously entertaining). They simply said “here is our evidence disproving that claim”, and that is more than enough.
Back to the point of this discussion, you’re jumping to Ad Hominems instead of evaluating their good argument: That the ‘still(?!) undecideds’ will probably not agree with the interpretation that the journalist won because they’re idiots.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
I mean, we’re talking about people that still, to this day despite all the evidence, are unsure about who they should vote for. If you’re trying to convince me that the undecideds are mental giants looking for the perfect rational argument to sway them one way or the other then you’re fighting an uphill battle.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
The rest of the paragraph makes it clear the writer is speaking from how donald’s advisor (and sycophants) see it. ie:
the best result he could expect.
Not ‘only valid’, not ‘we’. It is not absolute proof, but, if you consider yourself a rational arguer then it is your duty to interpret statements in the best light possible.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 6 days ago:
They’re writing understand how this can look. Doesn’t make them a sycophant.
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You’re making the mistake of thinking facts and good journalism are at all what Trump sycophants care about. To you and I it looks like the journalist did a good job and won the exchange, but all ‘they’ see is a white man yelling at an uppity immigrant about mocking violent crime in the US.
- Comment on Snow Leopard 1 week ago:
spoiler
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- Comment on Physical Examination of the Shoulder 1 week ago:
Dr. ought to be wearing a football helmet or risks getting punched in the face.
- Comment on Hank Green: Everyone thought I was dumb 2 weeks ago:
I wish I was as dumb as Hank. 😅
- Comment on Poorly-Aged 90s Commercials - So much yikes. 2 weeks ago:
A minute in there’s a dude (pole vaulter) falling between the 2 buildings. JFC.
- Comment on Poorly-Aged 90s Commercials - So much yikes. 2 weeks ago:
How much yikes could there be? Video has the Twin Towers in the thumbnail… Hooo boy, buckle up.
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😂
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My sister teases me every time this song plays from my car’s MP3 player… after it ends.
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- Comment on if you're not going to let me do this microsoft then let me turn off auto restart all together. 3 weeks ago:
Because new updates are going to implement ads in the Start Menu of Win10.
- Comment on We now know that Borderlands 4 is a Borderlands game with 4 at the end, coming 2025 4 weeks ago:
Hopefully it will be better than the movie was.
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- Comment on Peer review 5 weeks ago:
Fair. TY for clarifying
- Comment on Peer review 5 weeks ago:
He typed using technology that wouldn’t exist but for Science.
- Comment on NOAA sending a message. 5 weeks ago:
Good thing the Strait of Belle Isle is wet. Should make the passage easier.
- Comment on Toddler teeth 5 weeks ago:
Okay, that’s enough Lemmy for me today.