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So if something is important to me in my job, I have to support that thing as an entitlement for all Americans?
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Nope. I would hope that your personal convictions would be reflected in your voting record, though. Even more so if you had a greater ability to affect legislation such as, say, random example, a prominent member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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I'm sure you'll incorrectly call that a "false equivalence," but you still haven't explained what the difference is.
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What you wrote above? That's not a false equivalence. That's a deliberate mis-framing of my argument. I've already explained your previous use of false equivalences.
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To me, the difference is just that he's a republican and you don't like his position on these issues.
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Well, you know, we all bring these prejudices to our arguments. I don't think badly of you, just so you know.
Why indeed? You were the one who took my random potshot at Ryan and turned it into a 2-page semantics exercise.
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When you insist on attacking the underlying validity of his opinion is when your reasoning falls apart.
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Doesn't seem that way to me. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean my reasoning is unsound.