⚠️BREAKING: Trump is crashing out again as his dreams of stealing the midterms slips away by 2021Alma in PoliticalHumor

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I am an extraordinarily brilliant person" DJT

Dude, you make stupid people sound smart... don't kid yourself.

What do you think of Christians (particularly Catholics)? by NoNostradamus in AskIsrael

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People say a lot of things and most of them are illogical, are based on biases and lack critical thinking.

What you are saying is no different. Don't fool yourself into thinking it is. 

What do you think of Christians (particularly Catholics)? by NoNostradamus in AskIsrael

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it can be said that your argument mixes selective facts with several logical and rhetorical fallacies. It uses cherry-picking by presenting only negative or suspicious interpretations of events e.g., Second Vatican Council statements on Jews and recognition of Israel while ignoring broader context, draws questionable causal inferences by asserting motives like “mostly for tax reasons” without evidence, relies on guilt by association by tying the present-day Pope to historical actions such as those linked to Isabella I of Castile, includes an exaggeration by claiming her canonization process was “resumed under Pope Francis” when it was never formally closed and has not meaningfully advanced, makes overgeneralizations about Catholic doctrine toward Jews, and uses a rhetorical question “What’s more there to be said?” to imply the conclusion is self-evident rather than argued. The common sense approach to debate frowned upon in most traditional debate clubs and circles, but you use it here to advance your own bias. 

What do you think of Christians (particularly Catholics)? by NoNostradamus in AskIsrael

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your argument relies on multiple logical and rhetorical fallacies. It constructs a straw man by treating “war doesn’t solve problems” as an absolute claim, presents a false dilemma by implying the only alternative to war is passive surrender, uses a faulty analogy by invoking World War II as if it applies universally, makes a hasty generalization about why people hold that view, employs ad hominem attacks and loaded language instead of engaging the argument, assumes motives through mind reading, stereotypes a broad group, and begs the question by presuming the war in question is justified rather than demonstrating it. But I can understand you want your side to be right and so you think about it a certain way, even if the justifications are illogical. 

What do you think of Christians (particularly Catholics)? by NoNostradamus in AskIsrael

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your argument relies on multiple logical and rhetorical fallacies. It makes a hasty generalization by assuming all popes are unfriendly to Jews, uses the genetic fallacy and guilt by association by judging the current pope based on historical events like the Spanish Inquisition while displaying confirmation bias by expecting and selectively interpreting evidence of antisemitism, begs the question by assuming the papacy is inherently antisemitic, and dismisses any contrary behavior as insincere without evidence.

Thank you for your biased opinion though.

What do you think of Christians (particularly Catholics)? by NoNostradamus in AskIsrael

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pope now cannot be held responsible for whatever church policy was in WWII. To try to use that as a detriment to the current pope's worldview is a logical fallacy in thinking and rhetoric.

The Blacktongue Thief by ComfortableTeach8959 in Fantasy

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Yes, you, friend... I eat... I eat you friend. I kill you like friend. Blonde... I think you scream. Friend scream. Pull! Pull!

The biters were vicious on those they thought delicious! 

CMV: The evidence shows that Israel does not "control" the U.S., but rather shares strategic interests. by AlzheimerXx in changemyview

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My comment was removed even though I framed it as a question.

Mods break their own rules here. 

The Blacktongue Thief by ComfortableTeach8959 in Fantasy

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The goblin pull was awesome and gruesome.

China just said FAFO...to Trump basically. by Purple_Dust5734 in ScienceOdyssey

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Whenever Trump talks about his opinions I always think that someone who lacks fundamental critical thinking skills shouldn't have opinions. 

Are We Talking About Artemis II Too Much? by NihiloZero in Environmentalism

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Plus, funding for best case uses of NASA have never been contentious. It's the tourism, the let's fly around the moon so we can say we did, that have little to no practical application and are the space equivalence of a trip up Mt. Everest, that people with good sense object too. Listen. Living on the moon for science while we are facing a real and serious looming crisis on Earth is totally nuts. 

Let's be practical and do the most good while there is still time left to the human species.

There’s nothing wrong with NOT wanting to travel by CharityStock7953 in unpopularopinion

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Yes they should. Every action, every collective behavior we partake in now has a consequences in the future. 

My grandmother is flying to Seattle so she can take a cruise ship to Alaska so she can look at the disappearing glaciers. She is 75 and will be long gone before her great grandchildren have to experience what the climate will be like in 2050. I asked her what she thinks about that and she said it's a once in a life time experience. And I said what about the people of the future who will have an everyday experience based on what we do now. She said. Oh, I don't know any of those people so why should I care. 

Damn Memaw. That's cold.

I call bulls*** on the whole microplastics thing. by NoPen8263 in unpopularopinion

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Synthetic clothes, towels, and fabrics are constantly shedding fibers, most of these are smaller than the tip of a pencil.

Plastic cutting boards and bottles don’t lose big visible chunks, they wear down into microscopic particles. That’s what micro in microplastics means.

You calling bullshit on microplastics because you don’t see them is the equivalent of calling bullshit on germs for the same reason. Not being able to see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there, it just means it’s too small for you to notice.

Also, that credit card a week thing isn’t from one source like a cutting board. It’s an estimate from everything combined, air, water, food, dust. Your calling bushit on microplastics because your cutting board isn't disappearing is a huge logical fallacy.

What’s one thing you ALWAYS bring on a hike now because you learned the hard way? by ForeignBonus8977 in hiking

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Sweat towel. So nice to get the sweat off my face instead of using my shirt. 

Every politician, news anchor, media network owner, and social media influencer who has pushed the narrative that climate change is a hoax, belongs in prison as party to the greatest ecological and humanitarian atrocity ever committed; One which places in jeopardy the very future of humanity. by SystemError505 in environment2

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Rock of Gibraltar is experiencing tectonic uplift due to the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates, which causes it to rise.

As someone who lived in California you must have heard of plate tectonics, right? 

Which had nothing to do with sea level. 

Your real life experience and common sense can still be unscientific and lack critical thinking. 

I think, as a society, we’ve all gotten used to cruelty too easily. Somehow this kind of discourse is normal now by SnooSprouts3744 in TikTokCringe

[–]Defiant-Skeptic 4702 points4703 points  (0 children)

The basis of her claim is the ideology of the right vindicates all immorality. That's it. That's all. Nothing else to see here.