My god I just checked your post history. There is no shaming you. This is literally your life. Just imagine how much you could accomplish if you weren’t addicted to Reddit. You’re making a difference, though!
It is semantics and the semantics in this case are important to distinguishing between threats and not threats.
"I hope you die." is not a threat.
"I'm going to come to your house and kill you." is a threat.
When we're talking about threats, we need to make a clear distinction over what is and is not a threat. The semantics in this case are important.
What I see here is faux internet intellectualism. You saw someone else be dismissive when they pointed out that a debate had devolved to an argument over semantics. Unfortunately, either that person was also wrong about the importance of the semantics of the given situation and you took from a bad teacher, or the person was correct and you didn't actually understand why.
Crying "semantics" when you want to be dismissive of a point being made without addressing the point is as fallacious as crying "ad hominem" when someone insults you at the end of a stated argument. It doesn't actually mean anything other than "I'm going to pull this smart person word out and act like it actually means something here because I don't like what you have to say but I can't actually refute it."
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1 SnapshillBot 2019-05-18
My god I just checked your post history. There is no shaming you. This is literally your life. Just imagine how much you could accomplish if you weren’t addicted to Reddit. You’re making a difference, though!
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1 ImJustaBagofHammers 2019-05-18
Scathing.
1 d-amazo 2019-05-18
rude but fair
1 MisprintPrince 2019-05-18
Exactly as planned.
1 d-amazo 2019-05-18
things a gamer has never said
1 PM_ME_UR_SUSPICIONS 2019-05-18
It is semantics and the semantics in this case are important to distinguishing between threats and not threats.
"I hope you die." is not a threat.
"I'm going to come to your house and kill you." is a threat.
When we're talking about threats, we need to make a clear distinction over what is and is not a threat. The semantics in this case are important.
What I see here is faux internet intellectualism. You saw someone else be dismissive when they pointed out that a debate had devolved to an argument over semantics. Unfortunately, either that person was also wrong about the importance of the semantics of the given situation and you took from a bad teacher, or the person was correct and you didn't actually understand why.
Crying "semantics" when you want to be dismissive of a point being made without addressing the point is as fallacious as crying "ad hominem" when someone insults you at the end of a stated argument. It doesn't actually mean anything other than "I'm going to pull this smart person word out and act like it actually means something here because I don't like what you have to say but I can't actually refute it."
1 d-amazo 2019-05-18
this pasta made me go cross eyed
1 MGTOWWOM 2019-05-18
1 WakeMeUpInsidePNG 2019-05-18
Day of the Joystick cannot come soon enough.
😤😤😤
1 FieryShits 2019-05-18
Gamers shouldn't be allowed to vote.
1 seshfan2 2019-05-18
They targeted Skyrim mods. Skyrim mods.
1 Osterion 2019-05-18
Imagine falling for the death threat meme in 2019
1 i_Chapo-d_my_pants 2019-05-18
but he doesn't owe anyone anything. they aren't promising a product and donations are to support a service. don't like the service stop paying for it.
this isn't a difficult concept 🤷♀️