"I like arguing against quotes that nobody said ever"

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The Sword Saint39 votes

"I'm going to paraphrase something in a way that is biased to my argument" - most threads "I'm going to selectively quote a rioter, leaving out all context, to farm anti riot upvotes" - the rest

iamthegoatofwar1 votes

yha i was anti riot for a long time and on some issues still am. I try to make sure that the rest of the anti riot guys don't completely do this...Of course I'll back them up if they paraphrased something correctly.

A while back riot stated plain and simple they would not nerf lee due to community backlash, and someone posted a paraphrase from (lyte perhaps i can't remember which rioter it was) when they ignored the community about the mord rework. a lot of people called bullshit without looking anything up till I stepped in and showed them a post from riot about it and then they all said this was a good way to describe the paragraph the rioter wrote.

TL:DR don't paraphrase just to meet your needs.

LegacyDAP1 votes

Don't most people who debate try to get their argument biased towards them? I mean most will give the benefit of the doubt too. The point of an argument is usually to persuade people in your opinion. I could be wrong though. That's usually what I try to do.

OyddAWqJ5r1 votes

You can do so without distorting the truth. Here on the internet, someone will always b there to call u out on it.

LegacyDAP1 votes

I will agree I see a lot of people try to distort the truth, so it's only fair they get called out on it. This includes the community and Riot.

maoqua1 votes

That's how arguments work in real life; you just need to convince someone through any means possible. But the "scholarly ideal" is touted as something that's scrutinized by a group of reputables in the field and still manages to convince them because the argument doesn't shy away from dissent.

SEKAI35 votes

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TurquoiseYoshi6 votes

What the fuck?

idoki12 votes

I know right, it was Newton who said that.

TurquoiseYoshi2 votes

facepalm

DemaciaClown10 votes

{quoted}

http://i.imgur.com/UcPZP.png

No truer words have ever been said before.

SEKAI1 votes

{quoted}

No truer words have ever been said before.

Too bad Mod deleted it, damn.

DemaciaClown1 votes

Aww :'(

Lowvyr10 votes
NinjaToad991 votes

Classic Albert.

Ionian11 votes

what if this quote is one of those?

junglerboy168 votes

It's supposed to be an ironic thread.

Tails Doll2 votes

It's supposed to be an ironic reply.

DrNova1 votes

Lolz

junglerboy162 votes

I've been out-ironized?!? GASP!

Dextix LT10 votes

As a great man Albert Einstein once said

"yes"

Auryiel6 votes

I would be hard pressed to find evidence against that

Best Darius KR9 votes

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He says, while being one.

Remlap12238 votes

The Joke

Your head.

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

Nah.

AbrahamBaconham9 votes

This is what's known as a "Strawman Argument." People set up an intentionally flawed opposition, and then deconstruct it to look smart.

45796282_DEL1 votes

yea i had a debate with someone and they wanted to "quote" then take what i said out of context. I'm like bro, at least paraphrase a couple of sentences instead of trying to break apart one sentence despite all of the other factual information provided. Guess he wasn't getting enough

Silents4296 votes

As Gentlemen Cho'gath said, Up you go!

TurquoiseYoshi2 votes

Argues against something easy to hate, uses quotes that didn't happen... Yeah, seems like an upvote whore thread.

Big Lincoln1 votes

meanwhile

EasterGoose1 votes

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See this is why I say Annie mains are salty I mean look at this quote ugh. I feel my sodium levels exceeding my recommended daily values as we speak!

Fowus1 votes

"upvote for 3 refunds a season"

Simplicate1 votes

cough Drunken Yasuo cough

DeynaTaggerung1 votes

Let's just behave!

chaetopterus1 votes

Daily reminder that daily reminders are totally useless since they don't bring up anything new or create any controversity whatsoever

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