KryptOrchid

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What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] KryptOrchid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Not as much an 'ad hominem' (which would be discrediting the person) than an 'appeal to ridicule'. However, not all criticism should just be dismissed as fallacious (the 'fallacy fallacy').

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Elon Musk’s Dad Says He Wasn’t Political as a Kid, Was Friends With His Black Servants in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] KryptOrchid@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The worst kind of slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it - Oscar Wilde

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