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[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They were directly responding to your words, to disprove them.

except they didn’t disprove them. US Marines also peed a lot while they were there, but it’s not why they are there. it proves nothing.

Do you really not see the connection between the comments?

correlation ≠ causation

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago

You selectively picked an activity that American soldiers would do everywhere (peeing) over something they did only in Afghanistan (guarding opium fields) only because it would support your argument.

That my dear good m'sir is a classic case of cherry picking.

[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You selectively picked an activity that American soldiers would do everywhere (peeing) over something they did only in Afghanistan (guarding opium fields) only because it would support your argument.

nope, just an example. you’re not very good at this

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Terrible argument. Textbook case of:

[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night.

[-] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

He actually never said he needed that to sleep at night. Textbook case of a strawman argument. You can do better.

[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn’t making an argument, just a dismissal

[-] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

just a dismissal

Sorry, that would be an Appeal to the stone fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_stone

[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn’t making an argument, just a dismissal of the person

you’re never going to be able to prove me wrong because your entire premise is flawed (twisting my words to try to “win”)

you’re not very good at this trolling thing

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

sorry for your troubles. I recommend you seek medical or psychiatric help.

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago
[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

sorry for your troubles. I recommend you seek medical or psychiatric help.

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