Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

The following things are not grounds for murder:

Personal appearance ("You're fat", "You're ugly")
Posts with little-to-no context
Posts based on a grammar/spelling error
Dick jokes, "Yo mama", "No, you" type responses and other low effort insults
"Your values are bad" without any logcal or factual ways of showing that they are wrong ("I believe in capitalism" - "Well, then you must be evil" or "Fuck you you ignorant asshole")

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Be civil and remember the human. No name calling or insults. Swearing in general is fine, but not to insult someone else.
Discussion is encouraged but arguments are not. Don’t be aggressive and don’t argue for arguments sake.
No bigotry of any kind.
Censor the person info of anyone not in the public eye.
If you break the rules you’ll get one warning before you’re banned.
Enjoy the community in the light hearted way it’s intended.

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Ted Nugent; another victim of “reader added context” on Twitter. (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by SomeoneElseMod@feddit.uk [M] to c/murderedbywords@feddit.uk

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

...so I understand where you're going with this, but I think it is such a poor attempt on his part that I'm still trying to understand it lmao. I guess you're right, what else could it be really? Still makes no sense to me though.

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[–] SomeoneElseMod@feddit.uk [S] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Like I said, it’s not the best example but it’s also not the worst one of these I’ve heard, they can get really really obscure. Maybe this is a better explanation/translation:

“If paedophilla is as innocent as a “sexual orientation”, then burying your dead body in my garden is as innocent as “gardening.”

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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

OH ok yeah your rephrasing here connected the dots, thanks. Hell it's definitely one of the dumbest I've seen, I do not envy you lmao. Thanks for the help on that!

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[–] SomeoneElseMod@feddit.uk [S] 2 points 2 years ago

No problem, sorry I didn’t make it clearer the first time. Like you said, it’s not the easiest example to (tenuously) explain!

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