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by diminoten 2721 days ago
It undermines your argument, is what it does.

You can talk about it all you want, but as long as you continue to participate in the very thing you rail against, you're going to struggle to be taken seriously.

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People who participate in something are often best positioned to criticise it, because they:

A) know how the sausage is made, and

B) stand to actually lose something if people believe them, i.e. they are standing by their point in spite of the negative consequences to themselves.

People on the dole who argue against (details / implementation of) social security should be taken seriously. Rich people arguing against tax breaks for the wealthy. Programmers against big tech firms. Etc.

So only murderers should judge other murderers?

Hmm.

technically the whole criminal judicial system is a licensed murderer
That's not at all how argumentation works :-)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886753

'Actions speak louder than words.' ;-)
That's exactly how argumentation works...
You’re confusing argumentation with perception.