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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Sure, I'll play this game.

The premise of the convincing is loaded. No one deserves shit. Steven Crowder made the format famous and therefore he is attributed to it.

Whether or not the person is a piece of shit is irrelevant and ad hominem. If Hitler said 1 + 1 = 2, Hitler is right. You don't get to deny that just because you hate the person. Shitty people can make correct statements and they can achieve things. Doesn't matter which name we apply to it. We must be able to argue on the merits of the statement or format without sorting to personal feelings on the person, lest you become the one who is intolerant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What correct statement are you even talking about how is that hypothetical relevant at all? Is a format a fact now?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The correct statement is that he popularized this format of "change my mind." Therefore, the attribution goes to him.

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