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No it doesn't. Both sides are doing X can just mean literally that, both sides are doing X. You're confusing that with "both siding", where you are saying that with the intention to imply that they're somehow equivalent or equal. And that's not what I'm doing, as you can probably tell by now.
Just recognizing that it's happening on both sides doesn't mean or even imply you think it's happening to the same degree.
What do you think “both siding” entails?
It is the simple reduction of two completely disproportionate responses to the phrase “both sides do it”.
The same logic keeps being applied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both sides are fighting, they say, so both sides share equal responsibility for the destruction and for making peace.
I believe you when you say it isn’t your intent to do so, but in that case you are doing so obliviously. You don’t even know who the commenter is, so it’s pure assumption on your part that they’re even left wing to begin with.
Both siding requires the intent to equate the two to make one side seem less bad. I'm not doing that, I'm just recognizing the fact both sides are, objectively, doing it. You are reading into that, thinking I'm equating things. And that's just not true.
If you mean @barry_aptt then I'm happy to report that I did check their profile before making my original comment.
This is exactly what I’m talking about. You have no idea who that person is, what correlation their posting has to their political position, or in fact whether they exist at all. And you’re drawing equivalence between that post and a recorded statement by the president.
>Account constantly posts anti-Trump, anti-Republican, pro-Democratic party messages
>"You have no idea what correlation their posting has to their political position"
Right right.
If I said both cats and dogs animals, would you get upset over me drawing equivalence between cats and dogs? Give me a break.
You can’t just ignore parts of the argument to which you have no answer.
You don’t know who that person is or whether they even exist. It is beyond spurious to assign their statements to any other entity.
I'm sure it's just a fake account someone crafted for years to mislead me into thinking someone on the Democratic side might be dubious about the elections results.
There are plenty of fake accounts in existence.
You don’t know either way, which makes your attribution entirely fallacious.
You’ve got nothing, sorry.
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