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What is up with the abundance of debatelord comments around here recently?
Not everything is a debate. When I call someone a cunt sometimes I'm just saying that person is a cunt.
Not that I'm calling you a cunt, but Jesus, 'ad hominem'?? What does this look like, a high school debate club?
Well, I come to the comments in good faith to hear perspectives and try and learn something. I had no aim of turning it into a debate.
It is frustrating when seeing what looks like could be an eye opening dialogue having that dialogue never materialize because neither party actually brings anything but insults to the table. You might as well not even comment at that point IMO.
Then fuckin' say so then, why is it necessary to use the language of a scornful british nanny? "I'd like you to do better, please" lmao, like jesus christ.
The best part of your comment is when you said "I, as a layman" LMAO
"How do you do, fellow kids?"
I agree that making formal points in latin screams debatelord. However, I would otherwise be careful not being too harsh on someone's way of talking. There is nothing wrong with them calling themselves a layman and you calling it weird is just unnecessarily hostile.
Be chill and let people use colourful language if they want to. If they are nonnative English speakers they may even have been force-fed idioms and weird words right, left and centre and your hostility could be making you an ass.
It's certainly not my intent to chastise someone who is simply speaking in the manner that they know.
I did just have someone on another thread shadowbox me (telling me I was 'out classed', dismissing casual remarks as 'post-hoc', and counting arguments as if they were points in a game, and just general scummy debatelord behavior), so I may have jumped the gun with the accusation.
I am just generally very suspicious of anyone a little too eager for debate, coming out the gate with accusations of latin fallacies to someone expressing an opinion, especially when that opinion is a politically charged one. If it came off strong I apologize.
Totally get that. Likewise hope I was not too harsh either :)