• Whiskey Pickle@lemmy.ml
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    lmao, so? we get it. you hate the US. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?

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      person replies back with factual evidence contradicting your personal beliefs in a foreign war, “lmao, so?”

      Where is here? The World News community? The only one I see whining is the pickle. Is this a small step away from saying people should go back from where they came from and leave this social space you’ve claimed as your own? IDK wtf you’re thinking coming into someone else’s post, refuting verified evidence, then proclaiming hate because its context makes the US look subpar. What’s your point, you love the US, why come on here and have to ignorantly shout it?

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        person replies back with factual evidence contradicting your personal beliefs in a foreign war, “lmao, so?”

        you mean an Association Fallacy that fails to prove their claims? US Maries also peed while they were there. That doesn’t prove it’s why they were there.

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          You:

          the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

          Response:

          the United States spent more than $9 billion on a dizzying array of programs to deter Afghanistan from supplying the world with heroin

          You:

          lmao, so?

          That doesn’t prove it’s why they were there.

          Now the goal post has been moved to WhY?!? were we there? Throw up some more pretty images to explain the situation please.

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            Now the goal post has been moved to WhY

            wow, that’s quite the pretzel you’d twisted yourself into trying score some imaginary “point”.

            The “goal post” was always the “why” and it was never to eradicate opium. Every source, every article linked here bears that out. all that’s ben proven here is:

            the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

            ya got me there. they did care. still doesn’t prove that it’s why the US was there, and, in fact, several of the linked sources directly state to the contrary against claims that it was.

            try not to hurt yourself with more of those mental gymnastics. it’s hilarious to watch

            edit: ya know, you probably wouldn’t be so outraged and angry all the time if you didn’t constant make stuff up to be outraged and angry about.

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        They were directly responding to your words, to disprove them.

        except they didn’t disprove them. US Marines also peed a lot while they were there, but it’s not why they are there. it proves nothing.

        Do you really not see the connection between the comments?

        correlation ≠ causation

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            You’ve moved the goalposts, but no matter.

            “I know you are but what am I?” is not a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5. (borrowed form another comment)

            Operation Enduring Freedom was sold as a war on terrorism

            see, you even admit that it wasn’t about opium.

            the US repeatedly cited opium as a target of the war because they claimed it funded the Taliban.

            you’re welcome to cite sources to back up your claims. and I’ll be happy to point out how the timeline doesn’t support your assertions that the war was about opium, it just happened to be something the US did while we were there.

            Or did you think it was retaliation for 9/11 or something?

            what I think is irrelevant. that facts are what matter.

            I have American friends who died defending those poppy fields. I remember it all very well.

            irrelevant. present facts. not anecdotes or your feelings.

            Also do feel free to explain how this is any way relevant to the conversation:

            correlation ≠ causation

            I have, repeatedly. your inability/refusal to understand is not my problem.

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                You don’t seem to be capable of following the conversation

                I’m perfectly capable of noticing when people move the goalposts because they can’t prove their argument with facts, as I keep pouting out. raging about it doesn’t change this fact or any other facts.

                Oh my, you are really lost!

                not according to the facts. if this continues to confuse you, that’s not my problem.

                I’m sorry that I do not know how to find search results from 2001

                not my job to prove your argument.

                Yes, that’s why I was trying to figure out why you are struggling with them.

                “I know you are but what am I?” is not a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.

                you’ve presented nothing but anger, insults, and logical fallacies, none of which are convincing of anything other than that, when you can’t argue the facts in good faith, you resort to these bad-faith tactics ad nauseam because, so blinded by anger and hate, you can’t handle defeat.

                Well that pretty much confirms my suspicions

                so you admit to arguing from a position of clear and obvious bias. we get it— you hate the US. this has zero bearing on the facts— just that you like to insult people when you lose an argument.

                Ah, so you do realize that it makes absolutely no sense lol

                I’m not responsible for your lack of comprehension.

                Looks like my job is done here. Rage on, little snowflake.

                the finest projection in all the land.