• PugJesus@lemmy.worldM
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    2 days ago

    If I casually say “Money is the root of all evil”, and you respond with an example of an evil deed that was committed for reasons other than money, have you:

    A. Disproven me with FACTS and LOGIC

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    B. Disputed the literal interpretation of something that was not meant literally or absolutely in the first place

    • XM34@feddit.org
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      Then what exactly am I to take it as? What level of argument is this? “Na ah, you can’t disagree with me, because I was just using a commin saying and don’t want people to actually take my words at face value”?