[cowuser666]

This treats arguments like opaque tokens where we know in advance which are good and bad, and need to make sure we have lots of good and few bad. But actually arguments have content and to know whether they are good or bad, we have to engage with them.

[Forgeties79]

I’m going to be perfectly honest, I have no idea what you mean in this context/what you’re saying to me once I get past the first comma.

[cowuser666]

I'm saying you're not engaging with the substance of his point.

If I were to say, "America had a negative impact in geopolitics when it invaded Iraq," it's like you responded with "I'm sorry, but that just seems anti-American."

[9dev]

Just wanted to say that this was an excellent example to illustrate your case.

[Forgeties79]

I don’t think that’s a particularly fair or accurate assessment of what I said.