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

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 (1 children)

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.