Nnanji -> RE: Where Have All the SJWs Gone? (10/22/2017 5:27:35 PM)
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In the wake of the report, the Republican National Committee released a statement calling on Democrats and the DNC to return his donations. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/politics/harvey-weinstein-donations/index.html So Nnanji, are you just ignorant, or a fucking liar? the presence of a body on the right calling for the left to return donations from Weinstein does NOT preclude people from the left doing it also. that makes nnanji neither "ignorant" nor a "fucking liar." to your earlier point about "you made the claim, you back it up"---we're a curious mix here of academia and casual conversation. in the former the general rule is, when in doubt, reference. you don't have to reference the sky being blue. you do have to reference a quote that gives support to your thesis. however theres plenty of fuzzy middle ground. in the latter, if youre hanging out in a bar somewhere talking with someone, you just accept certain things as fact/that the person in question is speaking truthfully, especially if the thing is easily verifiable. if the point is esoteric, or outlandish, you might say "where did you get that from?" if its within the easy realm of plausibility, you can more or less accept it on its face with a little bit of skepticism and check on it later. the moving back and forth between the academic and casual creates tension---we don't have a standard set of rules when it comes to supporting statements---and that is heightened all the more so when it comes to the left/right political divide, personality conflicts and the desire to make the other side look bad, or stupid, or whatever. but the short of it is, the alternative reading to your "you made the claim" could very easily be "yeah, i'll be gracious (without even belaboring the point) and take the two seconds to look it up." the other alternative is to be boorish. a search of "returning Weinstein donations" shows all sorts of people form the left calling for, and giving them back. Except you're taking things out of context. Nnanji did say "It's not people on the right saying give the money back". And I provided proof of just that. So the question "Is Nnanji ignorant or a liar?" still seems quite valid. And apparently the answer is ignorant. "Was" ignorant. If only your social problems could be fixed as simply.
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