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by BinaryIdiot 3921 days ago
I think you're being downvoted because you're assuming PG has only read one side. Perhaps he already read the court papers making its way around the internet or possibly other sources? As far as I could tell he never said what source(s) he read, etc.
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Fair enough, he never said what exactly he'd read. But if you're trying to write a persuasive piece, you address the other side's arguments/positions. It's just polemic otherwise.
> But if you're trying to write a persuasive piece, you address the other side's arguments/positions

Twitter's 140 characters don't really give you the space to do to really any of that. It's a great place to blast opinions and occasionally be heard but it's awful for debate or persuasion so most don't try and when you do try...it's just painful.

I think you are underestimating polemic.