Comment by SideburnsOfDoom
17 hours ago
> Words have meanings
Not to Fascists.
> Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
Jean-Paul Sartre
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-...
I'll leave it to you to conclude if it's worth giving this mamba good faith replies.
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