• agamemnonymous
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    14 hours ago

    How does that voting strategy effect policies aligned with your concerns?

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      There’s a difference between i) writing a satirical comment that makes an extreme version of an argument to draw attention to the general argument’s flaws and ii) trolling people by continuing to pretend to hold a silly point of view, drawing them into a protracted argument.

      I’d prefer to treat your question as rhetorical.

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        Satire typically requires a position which is distinguishable from sincerely held beliefs.