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So where are all the 2nd Amendment lunatics that were losing their shit over PizzaGate with NO EVIDENCE of anything now?... why are they not sAViNg tHE ChiLDrEn?
I'm kind of convinced that most of those people online were foreign agitators and/or bot nets.
People on the right don't think logically. It's always just us vs them. If they do gerrymandering its good, if the dems do it its bad. They have no morals, they just know sides. Also they like to engage in virtue signalling. "Freedom!" and all that. They mean freedom for themselves, not for all people. I hate how so many people try to get that gatcha moment with them. Its so easy to do and they could not care less. Guess lefties just like patting themselves on the back after pointing out the right's non existent logic time and time again. You are just the most recent addition to the circle jerk.
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. It is not that they are afraid of being convinced. They fear only to appear ridiculous or to prejudice by their embarrassment their hope of winning over some third person to their side.
-Sartre
The last two sentenced (which are conveniently left out in most quote sites now) are the reason to continue pointing out the hypocrisy.
So your suggestion is to stop pointing out the hypocrisy and this will lead to what exactly?
It leads to the exact same material result as pointing out the hypocrisy does: nothing. Point it out all you like, I don’t care if you get off on wasting your time.
well, you seem to do the exact same so I don't get the high horse attitude
On a side note, I do believe it is important... it looks like the world's powerful men are all pedos, it seems, if we take your line of thinking, there would be no point in calling them out either; however, limited and completely insufficient as it is, I do believe that some consequences are coming to these bad actors as a result of the relentless pointing out they are pedos
There’s a point to itemizing their crimes and stating them publicly.
Pointing out hypocrisy is about trying to make someone understand a flaw in their reasoning. There is no flaw in their reasoning because they did not use reason to reach their conclusions.
Edit: It’s like pointing at someone in the midst of a schizophrenic delusion and saying “woah can you believe this guy?! He thinks the CIA is gonna crawl out of the sewer and carry him off to the KGB headquarters in Obamas secret underground lair! Doesn’t he know that’s stupid and makes no sense!?” You’re criticizing madness as if it were a legitimate reasoned argument.
No, I do it so other people can see how worthless MAGA's stance is on anything. I do not pretend that they would suddenly realize the error of their ways and make amends. I do it so the fence sitters may get off the fence and pick a side. Considering that most of the eligible voters in the USA simply did not vote in the last election, I think it's important to bring them into the conversation.
Again, maybe consider getting off your high horse and stop assuming you know what everyone is doing and why
Anyone who hasn’t “picked a side” yet has had more than enough examples of hypocrisy to convince them if that were something that mattered to them. The fence sitters who remain aren’t interested in examine the validity of the MAGA movements “reasoned arguments”. They are vibes based morons who are more influenced by their feeling and peer pressure and they probably aren’t on Lemmy.
Do what you want man, just leave my horse and his height out of it; he’s very sensitive about it.
wow you do seem to believe you know what is in EVERYONE's head
I am trying, but you are tracking manure into my clean halls
If you have a better way to explain their motivations and reasoning I’m all ears. I’m sharing my view in hopes to refine it when presented with counter arguments, in an effort to help both of us reach a more accurate understanding of the situation we are in. If we hope to prevent their plans we must understand what they’re thinking, and discussing their behaviors seems to be more useful for doing so than trying to reconcile some kind of coherence between their actions and statements.
The horse is also sensitive about it’s incontinence, please just try to pretend he’s not here.