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I can't even see that pic of Shkreli without my hand forming a fist.

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Great piece. I swear to god if I see one more weirdo saying “umm maybe debate me without an ad hominem” I might actually go insane

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Dear Mr S Peter Davis

I was was notified by my cellular device of a new article on "substack" about my favourite topic - Internet debates. Not only was this about debating, but as a logical free thinker I was delighted to see it was about fallacies. To my horror the article was filled with strawman arguments and disparaged the use of the Latin term Ad Hominem.

Referencing the premier works on rhetorics, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument, I simply suggested some errors in your work regarding the notion of what you termed "deimatic sophistry" in a twitter thread. Only to be told I was a "fucking moron".

I'm sorry, I didn't realise we were in communist China where any free thought right of Karl Marx would be met with a pro-censorship liberal indoctrination. I didn't realise wanting critical debate and free thinking was a crime. I didn't realise being logical and focusing on facts over feelings would make me an outlaw.

It doesn't matter, when ever someone is wrong on the Internet, I will be there to link them to youlogicalfallacyis dot com. I will never stop, leftists. I will debate you. On the Internet.

Yours Truly

Jimmy BlueCheckmark

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Your $8 checkmark is powerless here Jimmy! Substack is my turf! Our checkmarks are the mighty orange!

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