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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by jazzyjackson on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:42PM (#49504377)
I don’t know, in a world where dictators bomb whoever they want, if punching someone is the worst thing you can do. People continue to follow and fangirl the politicians who enact violence, so why should one go on a crusade against a tv star who gets a little hands on?
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by jimbokun on Sunday August 30, 2026 @10:26PM (#49504930)
You can be against more than one thing.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Monday August 31, 2026 @03:24AM (#49506659)
That's appeal to bigger problems fallacy.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by OJFord on Monday August 31, 2026 @05:27AM (#49507635)
What's the name of the fallacy in which one tediously shuts down all conversations by highlighting a named fallacy?
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:39AM (#49509678)
> shuts down

You're free to continue conversing.

> all conversations

Also a fallacy.

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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by OJFord on Monday August 31, 2026 @01:41PM (#49512527)
I wasn't conversing in the first place, I'm just bored of reading through exchanges where at some point someone says Aha! That's a fallacy! Got you, I win!
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:01AM (#49519290)
I know you weren’t. Which was my point: the conversation was not shut down. If pointing out someone’s manipulation is not OK to you, then you’re probably better off trying a different discussion board.
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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by argentier on Monday August 31, 2026 @11:46AM (#49511154)
the phallusy fallacy
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