• Devial@discuss.online
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    18 hours ago

    Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon will knock over all the pieces, crap on the board and then strut around like it won anyway

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      16 hours ago

      That’s why you’re not really arguing with the idiot: you’re showing everyone else the idiot is wrong. Different perspective to same activity.

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      15 hours ago

      Comparing idiots (and by necessary extension, fucking conservatives) to pigeons is tremendous insult to pigeons. Pigeons are smart. If I’m playing chess with any avian, winning against the bird was never the point lol, not even a consideration. I’m no ornithologist, and so don’t seek to play serious games with avians any more than I feel the need to seriously rebut a fucking conservative.

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        15 hours ago

        They may be smart birds, but they’re about as good at chess as the average conservative is at intellectual debate

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          15 hours ago

          Given the two, I’d debate a pigeon before a fucking conservative. After all, the former is a bird, but the latter is just fucking stupid.

          Hell, the former can fuck you up with large numbers and so can the latter, but at least pigeons are useful.