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    2 hours ago

    I didn’t invent anything.

    Really?

    “it’s a totally useless term that can only be used as a dogwhistle.”

    This you?

    If you can’t see the strawmanning here, you’re one or more of unselfaware, unable to back down when you’re wrong, disingenuous or malicious.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      That’s not a strawman or an invention, it’s literally what the person was saying.

      Are you fixating on the fact that it wasn’t verbatim? Because I had to elucidate the subtext, since otherwise you’ll pretend subtext doesn’t exist.

      And there you go pretending subtext doesn’t exist. Amazing.

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        1 hour ago

        And there you go pretending context doesn’t exist. Amazing.

        That’s not a strawman or an invention, it’s literally what the person was saying.

        You and I clearly use the word literally very differently. I use it considerably more honestly and literally than you do.

        If you can’t see the strawmanning here, you’re one or more of unselfaware, unable to back down when you’re wrong, disingenuous or malicious.

        I’m leaning towards options (b) and © here.

        • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          37 minutes ago

          You’re the one ignoring context.

          Also, you’re confusing “literal” with “verbatim.” A paraphrase doesn’t have to be verbatim to be literal, and likewise a quote can be verbatim without being literal.

          And you’re the one strawmanning.