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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Explicit can be better but it's always implicit that 'not all crimes are equal'
That's why it called silly rhetoric. It's a standard goto among some to talk of false equivalence or both-siding but they're rarely serious points. It's all just part of a substantial list of poor rhetorical lines that somehow have taken hold.
- JV is banned for reasons including linking white-supremacist twitter accounts and whatnot.
- LB posts that JV should not have been banned.
- I post observation about how he rushed to JV's defense.
- He defends his position by noting that he defended Fly as well.
- I clarify that my beef with him defending JV is about the racist ****.
- He persists and you call my position silly rhetoric.