r/hatethissmug • u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 • 10h ago

Non-fictional I HATE these "gotcha arguments"

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"Ohhh, look how I tricked this dumb dumb baby in my trap so now I am right and they are wrong. I'm so smaaart even though it does not adress the actual argument and adds nothing to the debate. They teach arabic numerals in school btw."

And these type of comments always get tons of likes

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u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 8h ago

No, you trick them based on context. Even someone who would be bale to differentiate these fetuses does not, based on context, not check wether they are really showing a human fetus or not, because that's what they assume. It's just done so you can then make fun of them and how stupid they are

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u/MadderoftheFew 8h ago

It's just done so you can then make fun of them and how stupid they are

well, they're stupid and hateful. what's the problem with making fun of hateful people for being stupid?

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u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 7h ago

Because it doesn't do anything. Exact opposite, it makes them hate you more, makes them more extreme etc.

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u/donglimonSODTAOE 10m ago

You’re not trying to convince them, you’re trying to convince the spectator

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u/Emberbun 8h ago

Assumption is flawed argumentation, that's what this method highlights. They could easily look into the claims, they could have some kind of consideration about being incorrect, but "truth" and "correctness" is a subjective concept in the minds of people like this. That's what this highlights, and why you don't see it in reverse.

Ridicule of bad ideas is good, actually.