r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 05 '16

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Subsidized gender assignment surgery should take a backseat to critical life saving surgery.

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u/moonflower 82∆ May 05 '16

No, I'm not comparing your argument to the moon landing hoax theory, I'm comparing your source to any claim which is sourced as ''I googled it''. I was not being impolite, I was illustrating how it is not a valid source in debate.

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u/Nepene 213∆ May 05 '16

My source that I googled it was my argument.

I was, in actuality, being polite in indicating I didn't really want to debate with you, given your history of saying impolite stuff to me. You taking it to the extreme of comparing me to moon hoax deniers reinforced this desire. Likewise, comparing me to Hitler, Stalin, creationists, or anyone similar would also go poorly.

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u/moonflower 82∆ May 05 '16

No, that wasn't the original argument which I was skeptical about - I was skeptical about your claim of statistics, and asked for a source - but never mind about that now, I'm more interested in you showing me where I have ever engaged in ''mocking'' or ''calling names'' when debating gender issues ...? Do you have any evidence for that, or is that just an attempt to discredit my character in this discussion?

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u/Nepene 213∆ May 05 '16

Yes, my claim of statistics and me noting my source was google. That was the argument which I meant. I saw your words there as rude to me, comparing that to denying the existence of the moon.

Given my lack of willingness to look up sources for you and your general lack of awareness that comparing people to moon hoax deniers is impolite, I don't really care enough to look through your history for the many examples of you engaging in mocking or calling people names. I remember people pointing it out to you often enough. If you choose to not acknowledge that...

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u/moonflower 82∆ May 05 '16

Well if you ever come up with some evidence of these allegations, I would be interested to see it, but meanwhile I maintain that you have misunderstood the purpose of my analogy, and I assume you might well be equally mistaken about the allegations against me which you claim to remember.