• Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    No, I don’t make that claim because it is too general. It seems like a setup for a reductio ad adsurdum argument that I don’t feel like I want to cooperate with.

    I’m saying that if one finds themself marching in the same protest in the same street on the same side as david duke the notorious klansman, then one is not in my opinion a “very fine person”.

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      4 months ago

      Guilty by association is a common logical fallacy, it doesn’t matter how you try to narrow down.

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        4 months ago

        We are not talking about association, we are talking about participation. There is a big difference.

        Anyway go ahead and explain to me how there were some perfectly normal non-racist people there protesting the removal of a pro-slavery war monument, and that’s who Donald “immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country” Trump was talking about.

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          We are not talking about association, we are talking about participation. There is a big difference.

          The majority of protesters on both sides remained peaceful, the presence of white supremists in a protest doesn’t change the act of a peaceful protests.

          Anyway go ahead and explain to me how there were some perfectly normal non-racist people there protesting the removal of a pro-slavery war monument

          It wasn’t a pro slavery monument. Lee’s reunification efforts after the war were his major contribution. He convinced other generals and colonels to put down their arms and not engage in guerrilla warfare, Grant agreed not to imprison confederate soldiers based on Lee efforts. I can list more of Lee’s reunification efforts if you’d like.

          that’s who Donald “immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country” Trump was talking about.

          I have no idea what you are talking about, I doubt you do either.