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Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers.
by
dwma
on 18/05/2014, 20:23:16 UTC
Littleshop.  You have logic problems with your posts here.  Here are a couple...


If I was in a message board trying to have a discussion and a small group was yelling about how the earth was flat or 2+2=5 I would want to shut them up too.  Putting up debunked junk journal links proving 2+2=5 that link to further lies does not help.  

False equivalence.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence  You seem to imply that people who doubt AGW theories, or see a political angle are like those who believe 2+2=5.  This is also an oversimplification and a bit of ad hominem.

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Just like cigarettes don't cause cancer right because you can't put 2 + 2 together. The evidence is overwhelming.  The only thing not certain is the extent and what to do about it.
 False equivalence again, with ad hominim again, but this time with the added bonus of a strawman.  A hat trick!

You are doing badly.  Try again,

Just because you claim false equivalence does not make it so.  For instance, I could accuse you of that logic fallacy in your post.  You are falsely equating his assertion with false equivalence, thereby using it yourself.

Really it comes down to biases for me and what is the underlying cognitive defect of you people to be so nonsensical.  We got 45 pages and Wilky telling us some video is great...  the video by a guy who has issues with vaccines.  Now I'm sure some of you will be like 'hes a free thinker', but a lot of us will be like..

...So we may never share the same love for a particular artist just because we disagree on the subject disputed here? You are telling me I should have watched every single video from that dude, then  agree with every single one of them before agreeing with the one directly linked to the topic at hand in this thread?

Very illogical...



Everyone has opinions. When someone has the opinion that vaccines are bad and given the clear record of history, one should question whether their opinions are worth following.  

Since everyone has opinions, you can endlessly listen to opinions all day.  A smart person will find some way to filter which opinions are worth following and which aren't.

When a guy goes off on vaccines, I know which category I'll put him in.  It is the "not worth my time" category.

You can claim this isn't logical or whatever, but frankly I don't give a shit.  This is the same reason you guys are filtered on a certain subreddits.  This is America and if you were completely forced into silence I'd quicky defend your side.  

That is not what is going on here though. What is going on is that people should have a right to live their life free of listening to your bullshit, regardless of your sense of entitlement on the issue.

BTW, music is very subjective and not really particularly analogous to what is going on.