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by diminoten 4659 days ago
I'm 98% certain you're confusing this conversation with a conversation about privacy in general.

It's kind of sad you can't separate the two.

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What I can can see is that you're an relentlessly dishonest person with no real interest in learning more about the world, making further conversation pointless.

Specifically, I've noticed that each time the error of what you've written is pointed out, you become evasive, cherry picking one part of the criticism for further distortion while ignoring the bits you can't respond to, or simply moving goal posts when that's more convenient. At no point have you taken responsibility for your statements, or acknowledged the faults in what you've said, even when they've been made plain for all to see. Given your low karma on this site, I suspect I'm not the only one who objects to your basic intellectual dishonesty.

Indeed, Harry Frankfurt has written an excellent essay about people like you. It's called "On Bullshit" and you can read it, in full, here:

https://athens.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/frankfurt...

His central point is that liars, while obviously dishonest, still maintain respect for the basic authority of the truth, if for no other reason than to do a better job concealing it. The bullshitter, on the other hand, has no regard for the quality of what he says, of even the accepted meaning of the words he uses. His only concern is personal advantage, truth be damned. For this reason, Frankfurt concludes that the bullshitter is a greater enemy of the truth than the liar.

Goodbye.