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@socrates@virtue.al would host his own instance but plato would be a .world account

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[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 days ago

this comment: fallacy fallacy

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 30 points 3 days ago

Most literal use of 'ad hominem'.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Classic Plato move—justifying an entire .world domain by claiming it 'participates in the form of universality.'

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Socrates is a man..."
"Did you just assume his gender?"

Hashtag και εγω / Ἑλλάς / εγω💖φιλοσοφία / WokeRepublic

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 14 points 2 days ago

i was gonna put that but it seemed too 2014 internet discourse to be funny

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Seems more like something Diogenes would pull.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

Diogenes would just say "prove it".

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago

don’t clown on my boy Diogenes like that :(