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[-] randint@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

@diablexical@lemm.ee was not actually claiming that China is not independent. They are trying prove that Taiwan is independent through reductio ad absurdium. Basically, they try to derive something absurd (in this case China not being independent) from your claims.

[-] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Reductio ad absurdium is not "pedantic nonsense."

[-] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When misapplied that badly, it really is.

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