The following is a 8 message exchange between 3 users
@9DRRZJZ8mos8MO
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for supper. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! (Ben Franklin quote)
@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
Democracy could also just as easily be two sheep and a wolf, or three sheep, or three wolves, so this argument is a stupid assumption to begin with.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution5mos5MO
Well you're the stupid expert here not me
@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
I have seen my fair share, yes. It's what happens when you're right all the time, not that I expect you to understand...
@Patriot-#1776Constitution5mos5MO
That was a sad attempt at a shoot-back. Claiming to be right all the time? How arrogant of you. I myself have changed my mind on a number of political things – I used to be an interventionist, now I'm an isolationism; I used to be a nationalist, now I'm a States' Rights believer; I used to be a protectionist, now I believe in free trade. I'm the one with the open mind here.
@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
lol it was a low-effort mocking joke in response to a low-effort ad hominem counter...I didn't realize we were supposed to be taking these last few comments seriously? You are the one who responded with "well you're the stupid expert here, not me" to a simple counter-argument against an anti-democratic claim. Don't act like I started this.
Also, it's pretty ironic for you to insist that you have an open-mind, after literally calling me a "stupid expert" for calling out a flaw in a centuries-old argument twisted to be against democratic decision-making. Odd, if you ask me. And according to your logic, since I used to be far-right but now I'm far-left, that makes me inherently open-minded as well.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Or it makes you susceptible to propaganda
@VulcanMan6 4mos4MO
Everyone is susceptible to propaganda, we are all just more susceptible to the kinds of ideas that we already believe in. I am more likely to fall for leftist propaganda because I have leftist beliefs, and you are more likely to fall for far-right propaganda because you have far-right beliefs. It's literally just called confirmation bias, and we all do it, whether unconsciously or not. The only way to differentiate is with supporting evidence and/or reasoning.
