• lemonmelon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    15 hours ago

    Solid advice. It can be completely benign, but people will still pounce on it for an “easy win”.

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      14 hours ago

      I mean you’re not wrong in that people will often try to play the victim in that scenario, but there are plenty of intelligent people who can easily see such claims are merely a flimsy argumentative tactic. After all, we are discussing it right now, and its pretty easy to recognize when it happens.

      Definitely still solid advice though, especially IRL. Online I feel like it’s a bit more acceptable, because you don’t even know the physical characteristics of the person you’re arguing with, so it’s much more difficult to twist you people into some kind of discriminatory or bigoted statement, given that the two debaters are anonymous.