• AlexWIWA
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    1 year ago

    It’s a debate tactic called “logic chopping” and it’s fucking annoying.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you for giving me the name for that! It’s so fucking annoying and it’s all reddit type debate nerds do anymore.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I had to look it up a few years ago because I have a friend that does it. They laser in on one minor detail that wasn’t phrased correctly in order to distract from the overall point