• po-lina-ergi@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    My guy you’re literally saying there’s no solution that isn’t worse than doing what the current administration is doing, which is more or less nothing.

    That’s not a straw man. That’s just restating your argument at you.

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      6 months ago

      literally saying there’s no solution that isn’t worse than doing what the current administration is doing

      That’s the strawman - at no point did I make that argument.

      I didn’t say all possible actions are pointless, nor that I agree with how the US is handling it - which is increasingly poorly for a very long time.

      I merely disagreed with your proposal in detail and asked you to defend it if you were so convinced of it.

      Pointing out that cutting our nose to spite our face is a bad policy, and will do worse than fuck all to help anyone, does not equal agreement with the administration, the US or Israel or anyone or doing nothing.

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        6 months ago

        I merely disagreed with your proposal in detail and asked you to defend it if you were so convinced of it.

        So you’re just strawmanning me? Because at no point have I made a “proposal”.

        What position do you want me to defend? So far my position has been that the US should be doing more to apply pressure to Israel.

        How do you disagree with that WITHOUT taking the stance that any other action would lead to a worse outcome?

        Pointing out that cutting our nose to spite our face is a bad policy

        Again, what is this hypothetical cutting of the nose?

        If you say that doing anything more than what the US is currently doing will “do worse than fuck all”, how is that not an endorsement of that policy? You’re saying it’s the best option.