• sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Maybe the upvotes have nothing to do with the statement about how Hamas was elected, which is frankly not that interesting, and everything to do with the fact that the commenter correctly identified Hamas as a religio-fascist organization. You can disagree without calling someone a liar. It is more conducive to conversation to assume that someone is mistaken or has different information than you do. Calling someone a liar is contrary to the spirit of good faith debate.

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      8 months ago

      Calling someone a liar is contrary to the spirit of good faith debate.

      Lol, what? If someone is lying, then calling them out on it is good for debate.

      Just going along with it is bad for debate. You got things backwards, bub.

      It’s okay, though. I suspect you’re just a tribalist who twists his head in knots to do whatever will make you look good in front of the tribe.

      I see it all the time and don’t expect more from you people at this point.

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        8 months ago

        No, calling someone a liar is making an assumption about their intentions, which, in most cases, you do not know.

        Sure, when you hear false statements from a public figure all the time, like Trump for example, you can eventually have enough data to conclude that he is a liar. Do you have that kind of data on the commenter you replied to? No? Well, then it is more appropriate to assume they are mistaken. At least in English, calling someone a liar is very, very aggressive.

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          8 months ago

          Hey man, believe whatever you want and discuss however you please.

          I disagree with what you’re saying and stand by my previous assertions.

          Have a nice day.

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            8 months ago

            Tough guy calling people names while hiding behind a keyboard. I loooove meeting guys like you in real life, LOL.