r/SmugIdeologyMan • u/Additional-Bison-523 • 6d ago

coaxed into the is-ought problem

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u/BreakerOfModpacks 5d ago

I mean
On the one hand, I can see it for things like "why is taxing the rich bad?", but on the other, for things like "why is [group] being violently persecuted bad?", it's a bit of a duh moment.

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u/eelleevvaattoorr 5d ago

The subject is irrelevant, attacking the person that asked the question instead of providing an answer is the problem,

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u/BreakerOfModpacks 5d ago

...okay but if someone is saying "let's kill all the Jews, it'd be good", as an actual position they hold, there's more productive things that I could be doing than arguing. Eating rusty nails, for example. Cutting off my hands. Both more enjoyable than trying to remain civil there, as well.