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HoneyBadger said:
I just want to come out in support of Ich's use of the word "bull****". It's an opinion, and it doesn't reflect on the person, just the argument.
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Oh yeah, that's exactly right, this subtlety might have slipped my mind. I'm not one to attack another person, only his arguments or his beliefs. Stop being such girls! 
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this brings up an unusual philosophical question. can you actually attack a person's arguments and beliefs without attacking them?
can you actually attack a person without attacking their arguments and beliefs?
if we are our ideals, then no.
if we are our actions, then no.
so what are we then?
now, in light of this, is an attack on our personality (whatever that may be) or an attack on our arguments or beliefs actually any violence to us at all?
given the performative quality of our existence, isn't limiting our freedom to act the only real way to attack us?