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minus-squarecorbin@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSomebody quotes Paul Graham’s rules for argument at him: shot, chaser.
minus-squarebitofhope@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothey live glasses on I THINK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE DOING ELECTION FRAUD DUAL CITIZENSHIP EXISTS LET ME MISS THE POINT EQUALLY HARD IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, OR AT LEAST HOPEFULLY SO
minus-squareYourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThere’s got to be a term for the rhetorical technique of “this reasonable-sounding statement is one of the conclusions I draw from my unhinged conspiracy theories, and therefore the whole structure is true!”
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI hate to say it but pg’s tweet was reasonable. Some asshole carrying water for Mike fucking Lee deserves to be blocked.
minus-squaresinedpick@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, my initial reaction was “how dare pg not follow his own principles” but then I realized he’s on Twitter, not HN, and when in Rome…
Somebody quotes Paul Graham’s rules for argument at him: shot, chaser.
they live glasses on
There’s got to be a term for the rhetorical technique of “this reasonable-sounding statement is one of the conclusions I draw from my unhinged conspiracy theories, and therefore the whole structure is true!”
I hate to say it but pg’s tweet was reasonable. Some asshole carrying water for Mike fucking Lee deserves to be blocked.
Yeah, my initial reaction was “how dare pg not follow his own principles” but then I realized he’s on Twitter, not HN, and when in Rome…