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minus-squarefuture_synthetic@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCan I argue that misrepresenting yourself in an argument intentionally is, in fact, done with ill intent an overwhelming majority of the time.
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou can, but it’s not really an argument, more of a statement. For example, do you have any anecdotal evidence of this being true? Maybe I’m just misunderstanding. You use the term “ill intent” which is subtly different from “bad faith”. It’s also a loaded term.
minus-squarefuture_synthetic@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUsing his own terminology here. He says in the piece that bad faith is often ‘incorrectly’ defined as ill intent, and my argument is that the ill intent is a package deal.
Can I argue that misrepresenting yourself in an argument intentionally is, in fact, done with ill intent an overwhelming majority of the time.
You can, but it’s not really an argument, more of a statement. For example, do you have any anecdotal evidence of this being true?
Maybe I’m just misunderstanding. You use the term “ill intent” which is subtly different from “bad faith”. It’s also a loaded term.
Using his own terminology here. He says in the piece that bad faith is often ‘incorrectly’ defined as ill intent, and my argument is that the ill intent is a package deal.