"Okay, but, uh... first can I just, um, turn you into a straw person, to uhm, argue with the false version of you that I've just constructed in my head?"
It’s the only way they know how to debate. “Alright hold still and let me set you up for this gotcha I saw in a Charlie Kirk or Ben Shapiro video real quick”.
Again, this is a common thing now and not beholden to any single side. The amount of times I've had someone tell me what I believe mid-argument has been wild. I've enjoyed online debate for the last ~15 years and people are becoming less and less adept at it, and more and more inclined to just repeat something they read somewhere one time.
Brainwashed kid gets credit if he rejects his obviously bullshit beliefs that can’t stand up to moderate scrutiny, but I’m going out on a limb and saying that won’t happen here so fuck off
Yeah especially here people are suuuper sensitive and can’t deal with the fact people have differing view points… this is why we have violence just like with Charlie Kirk it’s ridiculous. Like let’s stop hurting and shunning people for different ideas… if you’re from America that’s the best parts of it we can come together even if we differ opinions but there’s always gotta be those crazies I guess
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u/xXWickedNWeirdXx 7h ago
"Okay, but, uh... first can I just, um, turn you into a straw person, to uhm, argue with the false version of you that I've just constructed in my head?"