There are some vaccine threads today, and the pro-vax posts are a study in logical fallacies.
Using straw men, ad hominem attacks or - the top choice on this subject - appeals to authority is not the same as making a point.
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Here is a perfect example of this recently.
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsdgfwm8tcm258pu98lzryxxvfqxjhxyvra7vcsg84a5frpfwj8tzsn2hxkh
Yikes. Yeah, there's a tendency to nastiness as well.
youre a good person.
you came to an understanding of the truth through process, and give people the benefit of the doubt. its a good example.
still, i tend to view them in this way…
Ha! yes, you may be right.
I know how wrenching it is to give up a dearly-held belief and am very aware of how much bs I glibly went along with before Covid. Probably still do in areas that I can't see, so I am sympathetic to those who seem like they're in a cult.