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"Tear gas is bad because it violates the Geneva convention" makes as much sense as "MLK is a bad person because he's a criminal" (news.ycombinator.com)

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Orange site cites the smartest people in the world when it comes to using chemical weapons against protestors

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shielded from people with these kinds of debates would affect, it is all just entertainment for them, and it is very important that their 'this feels logically inconsistent' is validated with people agreeing with them that it is logically inconsistent. And they think that when people go 'wtf is wrong with you' this actually means they are logically right and they feel superior. I blame youtube for this specific fall of Rome (I'm joking, this is just a big example of it, and it lead to a few of his fans spread over the internet to try and debate that shit (which via the 'wtf is wrong with you' method above prob lead to them to getting further into debate culture using a similar method as religious cults going door to door)).

E: this is in addition to what Amoeba Girl said btw. Some of them just want code "economic prisoners with jobs"