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by ashark 3496 days ago
> Being put on a registry because of your religion isn't a reward, and historically that kind of thing has been followed by extermination.

> You mentioned that the end outcome of being on a registry is historically followed by extermination.

Where did your interlocutor claim that being on any registry is historically followed by extermination? You're broadening their position to introduce contradictions that don't exist in the original.

It's like claiming that someone who doesn't support one kind of tax because that kind of tax has a history of causing very serious problems and very little benefit must necessarily oppose all taxes. If you want to prove that they should, based on their stated position, oppose all taxes, you'll need to demonstrate that all taxes cause very similar balance of benefits and problems to the one they oppose.

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Edited to clarify. Good catch.