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minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoYou can, but it’s not really an argument, more of a statement. For example, do you have any anecdotal evidence of this being true? Maybe I’m just misunderstanding. You use the term “ill intent” which is subtly different from “bad faith”. It’s also a loaded term.
minus-squarefuture_synthetic@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoUsing his own terminology here. He says in the piece that bad faith is often ‘incorrectly’ defined as ill intent, and my argument is that the ill intent is a package deal.
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI still don’t think this happens in an overwhelmingly proportion of arguments.
You can, but it’s not really an argument, more of a statement. For example, do you have any anecdotal evidence of this being true?
Maybe I’m just misunderstanding. You use the term “ill intent” which is subtly different from “bad faith”. It’s also a loaded term.
Using his own terminology here. He says in the piece that bad faith is often ‘incorrectly’ defined as ill intent, and my argument is that the ill intent is a package deal.
I still don’t think this happens in an overwhelmingly proportion of arguments.