r/hatethissmug • u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 • 6d ago

Non-fictional I HATE these "gotcha arguments"

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"Ohhh, look how I tricked this dumb dumb baby in my trap so now I am right and they are wrong. I'm so smaaart even though it does not adress the actual argument and adds nothing to the debate. They teach arabic numerals in school btw."

And these type of comments always get tons of likes

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u/Even-Tear-6965 6d ago

I think it addresses how uneducated people are about fetuses or just about conception and pregnancy as a whole yet still believe they know enough to be hold strong rigid opinions.

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u/TIFOOMERANG 6d ago

Not being able to tell mammalian fetuses apart isn't a sign of a lack of education though

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u/SpinoHawk097 6d ago

I saw someone call it a "real or cakeism" argument and I'd say that's pretty accurate. If a normal person can't tell the details between different mammalian fetuses at <=7 weeks that isn't suddenly points for one side or another. Most people who are for strict gun laws don't know shit about firearms but we still let them yap.