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minus-squarePosadistInevitablity [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThus “pedantic nonsense” You can’t prove independence through logical contradiction. It’s a state of foreign recognition. China clearly won the war enough to be recognized. Taiwan did not. Independence isn’t a vibe.
minus-squarePosadistInevitablity [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoWhen misapplied that badly, it really is.
Thus “pedantic nonsense”
You can’t prove independence through logical contradiction. It’s a state of foreign recognition. China clearly won the war enough to be recognized. Taiwan did not.
Independence isn’t a vibe.
Reductio ad absurdium is not “pedantic nonsense.”
When misapplied that badly, it really is.