# The worst of the worst (SDMB version)

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**Created:** [April 20, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-sdmb-version/752693 "2016-04-20T00:54:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-of-the-worst-sdmb-version/752693/52 "2016-04-20T16:54:06Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> And, as **D’Anconia** said and I repeat, that is not good enough to overcome skepticism of his claim. As well as the fact that if he lied about his age, he could well be lying about being a slave. What _Jet_ said about they claimed to have seen is not very good evidence.
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> Do you believe it was proven beyond any reasonable doubt? Would you accept the same level of evidence for some other claim?
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

> [@Resolved: antisemitism is not directly comparable to anti-black racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-antisemitism-is-not-directly-comparable-to-anti-black-racism/709431/45):
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> The story of Sylvester Magee is just that, a story, much like the frogs in Egypt. Same level of documentation, too.
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> [Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Magee)

Seems you read a different thread than I did.

1. D’Anconia’s first post (quoted) denies monstro’s claim that:

> [@monstro](#):
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> But the last surviving American slave died in the 1970s.

1. But in the Wikipedia article D’Anconia links too, we have the statement that

> [@Wikipedia](#):
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> There is no birth certificate to verify his birth date, but records in the probate division of the Chancery Court in Covington County, dated February, 1859, show Magee and his father, Ephriam were owned by slave-owner Hugh Magee.

monstro did never claim anything about the age of Sylvester Magee. She didn’t even mention the name, for chrissakes.

So, from what I can see:

1. D’Anconia attacks another poster’s comments by citing an article, which, explicitly, supports her comments
2. He then proceeds to attack a claim she didn’t make
3. You, for some reason, make the link between a possible lie and another claim

Why?

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