# Personal attacks v. Personal attacks

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**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-attacks-v-personal-attacks/834331 "2019-05-22T02:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-attacks-v-personal-attacks/834331/3 "2019-05-22T06:08:12Z")

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I was wondering about this warning too. A few posts above the warning is this post:

> [@Georgia governor signs strictest abortion bill in nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-governor-signs-strictest-abortion-bill-in-nation/833659/513):
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> I love how the go-to example for how “the government forces us to give up our rights” is something that hasn’t been relevant for about twice the length of my life and almost certainly never will be again.
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> Honestly I don’t know why people engage with pro-life arguments as though they’re made in good faith. By and large? They aren’t. The pro-life side lies. Constantly, remorselessly, and with a smile on their face. They lie about what they care about. They lie about what they believe. They lie about the effects their policies will have. [They went to court to ensure they could keep lying to people about what kind of health care facility they’re entering](https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/national-institute-family-life-advocates-v-becerra/).
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> There’s this desperate liberal belief to act as though any given confrontation can be handled with honest debate on the merits. With all due respect, we need to cut that shit out, because it has never been true and fascists will abuse that instinct until the cows come home. The way to win this argument is to treat pro-lifers the way the catholic church treats an 11-year-old who gets raped. Shun, deplatform, ignore. Don’t take their shit seriously. Don’t treat it like it’s meant as a serious argument. It isn’t.

The reference in the first line to “the go-to example for how “the government forces us to give up our rights” is something that hasn’t been relevant for about twice the length of my life and almost certainly never will be again” is clearly a reference to my posts. He goes on to question why people “engage with pro-life arguments” and then uses some variation of “lie” five times. What gives? The paper-thin veneer of “they” is enough of an impersonalization that it’s not considered an accusation of lying?

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