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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along (www.mintpressnews.com)

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[-] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I’m not trolling. I haven’t insulted or accused you of anything and I’ve tried my level best to treat you with the kindness of Christ and patience of Job.

I’d like to know what you meant by

twisting yourself into knots just to blame the US is absurd and not supported by the facts

I took a look at the context, which was users blaming the us for opium production during its occupation of Afghanistan, and surmised you meant that the claim that the United States is responsible for opium production during the occupation of Afghanistan isn’t supported by the facts.

Was that a wrong assessment? If so, what blame being placed on the us isn’t supported by the facts?

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

trolly troll...

[-] xXthrowawayXx@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I want to understand what you meant. Ive refined my question to be as straightforward and clear as possible over our entire conversation.

If you think you’re being trolled then just don’t respond. Look away. Do something else.

If you are willing to have a conversation based on the thread topic:

I’d like to know what you meant by

twisting yourself into knots just to blame the US is absurd and not supported by the facts

The context is users blaming the us for opium production during its occupation of Afghanistan, and surmised you meant that the claim that the United States is responsible for opium production during the occupation of Afghanistan isn’t supported by the facts.

Was that a wrong assessment? If so, what blame being placed on the us isn’t supported by the facts?

[-] pissydickle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Hi guys, it's pissy dickle here. This is one of my lost alts. They seem to be misbehaving. This is sad because I taught all my alts not to use logical fallacies such as: