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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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Usually people making claims need citations. Republicans don't give citations to their claims. Maybe we can be better than them?
Its a common tactic by the MAGA Nazis to make their opposition endlessly chase their tails proving what is already thoroughly established. NO matter how much proof is offered, they will completely deny it with propaganda and bullshit, and demand more proof. I won't play their game. They are blissful in their ignorance, and I stopped caring about educating them long ago.
So that's a "no I won't give citations to my claims like Republicans do".
Not if they are arguing in bad-faith, which is usually. In an actual respectful debate, Im glad to offer sources. I consult them myself before making my arguments, so it's no problem linking them, but Im not going to bother if they are obviously going to ignore them in favor of their MAGA delusions.
I just went through it with a MAGA Moron who insisted that the wrongly deported guy was a well-established MS-13 gang member, and thus Due Process wasn't necessary. He kept saying he got due process, and the court determined that he was MS-13.
I countered with sources proving him wrong, and he just kept insisting he was right and I was wrong.
Then I offered up the actual link to the extraordinary 9-0 SCOTUS decision in which they specifically state that he did NOT recieve Due Process, and demanding his return. That should be the final word, right?
Not only did he STILL insist that the guy got Due Process in multiple courts, with no citations, despite being asked several times, he finally came out and said that SCOTUS was just wrong, and nobody is obligated to follow their directives.
Bottom line for him was that he adheres to the MAGA motto: "Dont bother me with facts, my mind's made up."