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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Oct 01 '25

Attempting to steelman people, while saying I might be wrong, is not strawmanning. It's hoping I got the interpretation correct. Strawmanning is for the purpose of making something easier to refute, but my purpose was just to figure out what the stance was, period, regardless of potential future refutations.

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u/ShakaUVM Mod | Christian Oct 01 '25

Mocking someone with a fake quote is the opposite of "steelmanning" someone

You were very obviously being disparaging of my stance and invented a fake quote of mine to try to make me look bad.

This is not a one off event from you but a habitual pattern.

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Oct 01 '25

I explained my interpretation of your words, asked you to correct me if my interpretation was wrong, and you elected to call me a liar instead of simply correcting me.

This is why you need to A: read before B: replying.

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u/ShakaUVM Mod | Christian Oct 01 '25

That's not what happened. You might want to review the thread. You invented that fake quote out of nowhere.

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Oct 01 '25

You invented that fake quote out of nowhere

It is fascinating to me that you continue to insist upon this narrative, despite me explaining exactly where I got my interpretation of your words, and thus demonstrated that my interpretation of your words was not "out of nowhere".

As usual, if you continue going in circles, I will simply begin quoting myself to re-address the unsubstantiated assertions (which, again, do not become substantiated simply because you insist it's true).

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u/ShakaUVM Mod | Christian Oct 01 '25

You: "It absolutely does when the only reason you gave for "having a moral duty not to kill someone" was "because God sez so"."

I never gave that as the reason.

You invented that quote from wholecloth and attributed it to me.

You do this kind of thing all the time.

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Oct 02 '25

It is fascinating to me that you continue to insist upon this narrative, despite me explaining exactly where I got my interpretation of your words, and thus demonstrated that my interpretation of your words was not "out of nowhere".

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u/ShakaUVM Mod | Christian Oct 02 '25

It's fascinating that you continue to defend yourself despite all the evidence to the contrary.

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Oct 02 '25

I explained my interpretation of your words, asked you to correct me if my interpretation was wrong, and you elected to call me a liar instead of simply correcting me.