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I asked, concisely and simply, what was being hidden from us. Most of them just berated me, one user claimed the Syria conflict to which I provided a link to a recent UN Statement on which quite accurately reflected the conflict start to finish. Another user claimed that the recently declassified Nixon era documents about the Chilean revolution and coup, but I was able to find a 1973 archived Newspaper accusing the Nixon Admin of having a hand in it from Times Magazine meaning it was already a mainstream theory at the time.

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  • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    See, the thing you have to understand is, they’re not interested in that question. They’re trying to “win.” That’s why ad hominem is so important: They can just say you’re bad-faith, and then strut off victorious. It’s actually a disadvantage if they engage factually.

    Why that is, is an exercise for the reader…

    • unfreeradical@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      4 days ago

      OP was quite poorly behaved in the post that they are referencing, acting in bad faith as a troll completely uninterested in thinking or learning about the topic.

      The ignorance and incuriousity is exemplified by the irresponsible use of the term “tankie”, seeming to be a conflation with all socialists or leftists, or simply everyone whose position they personally fail to understand and refuse to respect.

      Some bullishness is generally warranted as a response to those who refuse to examine their own behavior.

      • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
        31·
        4 days ago

        Feel free to answer the question. “Tankie” is by absolutely no means a conflation with all socialists or leftists. Tankies are right-wing, which is why we don’t like them.

        Again, feel free to answer the fairly basic question, IDK how you can refuse to do that and preemptively accuse any and every listener of being obviously incurious about the answer. You have no idea who’s reading this who you now have the opportunity to make a sensible argument to.