• livus@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    Dresden was a horrendous war crime too.

    I can see how it’s harder for you to argue against war crimes from other nations if you’re an apologist for war crimes committed by your own ancestors.

    But many of us don’t need to jump through those particular rhetorical hoops. The barrage of war crimes in WW2 was part of the impetus for strengthening international law against that shit.

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      5 months ago

      Agreed. Kurt Vonnegut wrote all about what he witnessed firsthand at Dresden. It was a war crime. “The good guys” can commit war crimes.

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      5 months ago

      I never said it wasn’t horrendous. Clearly the rules of engagement back then were different. That’s not what is being discussed though is it? What do you think I’m saying? Can you TRY to steel man my position or do you only like to hear yourself?

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        @TheFonz I’m sorry but you haven’t expressed your position clearly enough for me to summarize and I’m not interested in trying to forensically reconstruct it from your comments as it’s too ameliorised.

        Like I said above, this conversation isn’t some kind of game for points. It’s just us talking about our views.

        or do you only like to hear yourself

        False dichotomy, and a bit of a swing and a miss.

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          5 months ago

          That’s right. Because you can’t engage with others in good faith. You can’t even call out logical fallacy correctly. Why are you posting here anyway? What’s your goal?

          If you can’t even summarize my position, then who are you engaging with at this point?

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            I’m comfortable with my level of engagement thanks.

            You seem to have used personal insults on half the people in the thread at this point, and you keep complaining about Lemmy.

            I get that you’re frustrated that we’re not talking about whatever it is you want to talk about, but that’s life sometimes.