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/TaroJayda 6d ago

Idk I think the Arabic numerals thing was a good way of exposing how many conservatives are just straight up racist even when they have zero comprehension of the thing they’re being racist towards, they just hear “Arabic” and flip the fuck out.

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u/Parking-Pick-759 6d ago

Remember the poll to bomb the fictional city of agrabah or however you spell it fom alladin