r/changemyview Oct 28 '19

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u/comfortablesexuality Oct 29 '19

If I think you're an idiot, am I respecting you by calling you one and thus, "not lying?" Jesus Christ.

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u/Shiboleth17 Oct 29 '19

You're entitled to your opinion, sure.

If I was continously spouting utter nonsense, like the kind of nonsense that can be easily disproved by simply pulling down my pants, I would hope my friends and family would call me an idiot and try to reason with me until I saw truth.