# Fuck This

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this/836119>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this/836119 "2019-06-26T19:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-this/836119/55 "2019-06-27T15:18:40Z")

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> [@Steophan](#):
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> Wrong. The minute you stop caring about “citable facts and reason” you’ve lost the argument, lost the moral high ground, and proven that you’re no better than the worst of your opponents.

Bullshit. Some opponents are quite genuinely not worth the waste of mental effort that goes into assuming they can be reached by facts and reason.

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