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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by benjaminwootton on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:41AM (#36549491)
Is this really the best response you could put forward in to people trying to make a nuanced point?
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by yks on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:20AM (#36549805)
1. As already mentioned, it's hardly a nuanced point.

2. If you actually want to hear my opinion, then the realm of geopolitics + good old-fashioned hate of the US government does a number on people's logic, so we get what I can only charitably describe as a parade of non-sequiturs, whataboutisms and other fallacies. And so it can be useful to frame it in the simpler terms, for example you could hardly find anyone even on this site who would condone the forced takeover of parts of people's homes. Literally the same is happening on a scale of the countries.

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by oblio on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:51AM (#36550108)
Totally agreed. Make it about individuals where the analogy holds.

It cuts right through the bullshit and frequently exposes a lot of hypocrisy, hate, self loathing, racism, etc.

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by CyberDildonics on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:46AM (#36549529)
Nuanced point? That person just said 'sure, putin is committing genocide and destroying an entire country, but we haven't heard his side of the story'

Then they followed it up with the old hacker news chestnut of 'whatabout the west'

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by valval on Sunday July 02, 2023 @02:55AM (#36558982)
Would his side of the story matter to you? I don’t think it’s a particularly nuanced point to you since you’ve already made up your mind, however ignorant it might be.
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by CyberDildonics on Sunday July 02, 2023 @09:49AM (#36561466)
Putin already gave his side of the story. He declared Ukraine an invalid country, said there were nazis there and then went into full out war to destroy the country while committing countless atrocities.

I don’t think it’s a particularly nuanced point to you

What point and why do you keep saying 'nuance' over and over while giving zero actual information? What are you trying to say and what evidence is there?

Let's think about this super hard. What is the justification for an unprovoked genocidal war? Why are you defending putin?

however ignorant it might be.

Show me where you get your information, lets see the source of this nonsense.

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by lisasays on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:56PM (#36553735)
It wasn't "nuanced" at all. Just muddled and obsequious.