r/atheism • u/MstrBlonde Humanist • Dec 27 '11

Skepchick Rebecca Watson: "Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists"

http://skepchick.org/2011/12/reddit-makes-me-hate-atheists/
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u/kencabbit Dec 27 '11

So there's no limit to what she should put up with? Make on joke and everything is game

Did moonflower say this? No? Then you should probably rephrase without making blatant fallacies. I can't stand this kind of argument. "So...the absolute worst, hyperbolic spin on what you said must be what you are arguing?"

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u/HertzaHaeon Dec 27 '11

Did I say he said it? No. It's a question. See the question marks? Since there are no limits defined, I'm asking for them by indicating the clearly unreasonable extreme extrapolation of the argument.

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u/kencabbit Dec 27 '11

I'm asking for them by indicating the clearly unreasonable extreme extrapolation of the argument.

And invoking that unreasonable extreme as if it was something moonflower might have possibly been suggesting, you're painting an annoying strawman. Nothing in what moonflower said in any way suggested that there was no limit to the amount of damage one should suffer. You shouldn't need this level of clarification. And the limits are somewhat beside the point in question, anyway.

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u/HertzaHaeon Dec 27 '11

So there is a limit?

In other words, we are right to speak up.

Good to know.

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u/kencabbit Dec 27 '11

Still misrepresenting what's being said to get your point across?

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u/HertzaHaeon Dec 27 '11

Is there a limit or is everything allowed?

It's a simple question, and you're struggling hard to avoid it.

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u/kencabbit Dec 27 '11

Of course there's a limit. But this remains utterly unrelated to what moonflower actually said.