• sugar_in_your_tea
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      1 year ago

      Agreed. But that’s different than cursing them. You can laugh someone out of the room by thoroughly attacking their arguments.

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        1 year ago

        You can laugh someone out of the room by thoroughly attacking their arguments.

        Nope, they are two distinct categories of response. Laughing someone out of the room is refusing to engage them with words.

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          1 year ago

          No, that’s what most call “cancelling.”

          Laughing someone out of the room is pointing out the absurdity of someone’s arguments. Laughing at someone is just intolerance.