If you can't make a single sincere counter-argument to your own belief, your stance is driven by emotion rather than logic (lemm.ee)

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Rational beliefs should be able to withstand scrutiny and opposing arguments. The inability to do so indicates that the belief is more about personal bias and emotional investment rather than objective analysis.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Wonderful observation.

It's really our duty to be familiar with both sides and be ready to debate.

Of course, exception guy will be in the thread pointing out extreme edge cases in which we all agree that there is no alternative to the accepted opinion ("R*pe is bad, mmkay?")... But this is besides the point.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In that case a counter argument is to appeal to the predator not knowing what he/she was doing which can happen. However it does not make the act of ruining a person's life justifiable and the predator should be held accountable.

Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes on this level are still bad.

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