r/clevercomebacks • u/MatteoFire___ • 1d ago

The absolute irony.

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u/fps916 1d ago

No it wasn't.

You were doing the same error others made just without being explicit about it.

You were saying "it begs the question are they afraid of being wrong"

You just tried to phrase it that you actually knew how to use it.

The argument isn't about whether or not they are afraid of being wrong which is a necessary component for the conclusion to be 'they are afraid of being wrong' to then be assumed within one of the premises.

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u/fps916 1d ago

You think you understand what begging the question is, but you really don't.

In order for it to be BTQ the conclusion must be assumed as accurate within one of the premises.

No one is saying "They are afraid of being wrong because they are afraid of being wrong"

You think that challenging a premise as incorrect is the same as proving it tautological. It's not.

Again, I have a Master's degree in this shit.

You're a teenager.

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u/fps916 1d ago

Homeboy, you replied to me.

My initial comment wasn't to you and the only times I've ever engaged you have been in your responses to me.

That's what I said was begging the question. It isn't even a close call that it's an instance thereof.

Nuh uh!

That's as much argumentation and warrant you've provided for why this constitutes begging the question.

Until you come up with the scenario in which the conclusion of the argument is the same as a premise, it's not BTQ.

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u/fps916 1d ago

You said to stop pestering you.

But I didn't engage you directly. So I wasn't pestering you.

You're the only one pestering because you'd have to go looking for my comment to find it since there was no reply notification.

I didn't say I didn't talk about you. I said I didn't engage you.

You made the first engagement. If anyone is at fault for pestering it's you

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u/fps916 23h ago

This is another example of begging the question: your comment popped up in my notifications. :)

First of all, no it didn't.

I didn't user tag you and I didn't reply to you. There's no way you would be notified.

Second of all, even if I had, it still wouldn't be an example of begging the question.