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Originally Posted by Lune
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I love how once they get past the initial rapid fire facebook/fox news talking points and the kids ask them, "what?" or "what do you mean" they all fumble around like jackasses or throw tantrums because they have such a poor understanding of their own position.
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The saddest part is that even if you get further with them, it doesn't matter.
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
-Sartre