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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now, see, that's a straw man argument, because I didn't say we should behave like school kids, I just used a tangential example involving school kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Again, I made no attempt at making an argument, so my statement could not be an ad hominem argument.

When someone made fun of you in school, did you say "well, akshually, that's ad hominem ☝️🤓"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

You don't understand what ad hominem means. Ad hominem isn't just when you insult someone. Ad hominem is when you attempt to logically refute a point by using the speaker's character as a source of evidence.

Ad hominem example:

My opponent argues that 2+2=7. He always got F's in math, therefore this must be wrong.

No ad hominem, just insulting:

My opponent argues that 2+2=7. We can prove this is wrong by plugging into a calculator. Also, an irrelevant detail, he is stupid and bad at math.

My comment could not have made any logical fallacy because I made no attempt at logic or making an argument. All I intended was an insult. Again, username checks out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

We really don't know what she said because we're relying on only one POV

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Your username checks out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's hardly a whataboutism if I'm simply pointing out the selective outrage that give people a skewed and one-sided view of reality. I wouldn't have to bring up Assange if people gave him half as much attention, something that could actually help lead to his freedom and do something instead of demonizing happenings you have no control over aside from starting WW3.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Certified nationalist" comes from Al Jazeera. He was a straight up Nazi, and Russia has claimed its goal is denazification after the Nazis killed 40 million of their people in living memory and there are somehow still people there who think Nazi ideas are good, they have no excuse. Who knows the circumstances of how he died, but lets not forget the CIA tried to kill Julian Assange, that's a confirmed fact about the US empire. The US empire will murder not to protect their people from Nazi thugs but to preserve their tyranny while Russia protects people like Snowden.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Knowing Lego these days, I bet this cost $10

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's misleading at best. W76-2 began production a few years ago. B61-12 recently began production with B61-13 on the way. The current US stockpile may be down from its cold war height in bare numbers, but that's not the point. The US is always improving its nuclear technology and refitting, upgrading, or re-manufacturing its existing stockpile. Clearly "wiping out humanity" is not enough.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If it was that simple, the US would have stopped producing missiles and warheads a long time ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

In any case, you still shouldn't drink the water in Cancer Alley or East Palestine

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