• prole
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    1 year ago

    Assuming any conservative is arguing in good faith is your first mistake.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      You very well may be correct, but I always like to assume people are good and are arguing in good faith until proven otherwise.

      If I can “steelman” (opposite of strawman) their position, and argue against it easilly, I see no reason not to do so, and that also makes for a better argument for other people viewing the comment thread who may believe the false notion that climate change is either fake or not caused by humans.

      To me, trying to argue that climate change is fake or not caused by humans is the same as trying to argue that the Earth is flat. Very easy to debunk.

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        1 year ago

        That is a recipe for wasting a huge amount of time in people whose main goal is to waste your time.