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  • “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.”

    Jean-Paul Sartre









  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mltomemes@lemmy.worldWelcome ex-Redditors!
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    17 hours ago

    Wikipedia is a fairly neutral source.

    I mean, it’s basically your bible, your one and only source for everything. Of course you think it’s neutral. It’s not, by the way, but you think it is.

    Middle school teachers will tell you that tertiary sources are a good way to start your research when you apparently have no idea what you’re talking about.

    That makes sense then, as it’s obvious that neoliberals who only cite Wikipedia have no idea what they’re talking about.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie

    Oh wow, really digging deep for sources now.

    Though even these sources basically confirm that it’s a vaguely defended snarl word that can be leveled at anyone to the left of Bernie Sanders.









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    17 hours ago

    I have to ask, are shitlibs aware that Wikipedia isn’t divine gospel, and that there are other works in the history of humanity? Because it seems to inevitably be their one and only go to, which is particularly embarrassing given that even a middle school teacher could tell you that it’s not a good source. Even worse, it doesn’t’ even back up your claim!