• Sybil@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    those who make bad faith arguments don’t know they are doing so.

    then it’s not bad faith. in order to be operating in bad faith, you must be choosing to use intellectually dishonest rhetoric. what youre describing is just amateurs.

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      7 months ago

      Huh you know what, your right. Is there a word for purposely derailing a discussion by bringing up unrelated information? I guess it would be misleading, maybe?

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        7 months ago

        people do derail and use red herrings, but I think most of them don’t even realize it unless someone calls it out.