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In my view, micrototalitarian actions like this are every bit as bad as the ills they seek to cure. Insisting on infringing the liberty of others, before even so much as talking to another person is the very core of what ails our society in this time.

>>CodeWr+(OP)
I'd argue that wild histrionics as you have just demonstrated are worse than whatever this is (which certainly does not infringe on anyone's liberty).

>>CodeWr+(OP)
micrototalitarian, adjective: relating to a system of government that is a tiny bit centralized and dictatorial and requires a microscopic degree of subservience to the state.

>>fastba+U
Spot on.

>>fastba+U
It infringes my liberty to browse with JavaScript enabled. Further, when the argument is lost, ad hominem becomes the tool of the loser.

>>CodeWr+2l
You don’t have a right to browse someone else’s content.

Calling out your histrionics for what they are is not ad hominem. I’m attacking your statement, not your person.

Further, that’s not some sort of axiomatic law, that’s just a phrase. Even if it was, losers using ad hominem doesn’t mean winners don’t, that’s not how logic works.

>>CodeWr+2l
He may have insulted you, but not all insults constitute logical fallacies.

Ad hominem: You're wrong because you're an idiot.

Just an insult: You're an idiot because you're wrong.

Furthermore, concluding that somebody is wrong because they used a logical fallacy is itself a logical fallacy. If I said "2+2=4 because you're an idiot" my reasoning would be fallacious, but to conclude that the answer must therefore not be four is also fallacious.

>>CodeWr+(OP)
Good things are indeed just as bad as bad things.

>>CodeWr+(OP)
The microdictator is amused: https://twitter.com/heydonworks/status/1333058648365535235