While I will post the link to the tweet be aware that there a like 100 blue check bootlickers defending Netflix here https://twitter.com/SaeedDiCaprio/status/1699136050331799627
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I've been seeing so much of this specific style of "debunking" lately, where they debunk something no one has said or cares about but it's close enough to the actual thing. It's genuinely slippery af and seems really effective. Like whether it's specifically Netflix that should be paying him royalties was never the point - it's unjust that the owner of Paul's labour continues to rake in cash without compensation.
Another example I recently found of this is this USA Today fact check of whether Biden voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Spoilers: he fucking did.) Instead of fact-checking the actual claim they fact check whether he authored the bill himself lol, and then down in the seventh paragraph they say
It's a debate tactic called "logic chopping" and it's fucking annoying.
Hence why it's important to appeal to the club early and often.
Thank you for giving me the name for that! It's so fucking annoying and it's all reddit type debate nerds do anymore.
Yeah I had to look it up a few years ago because I have a friend that does it. They laser in on one minor detail that wasn't phrased correctly in order to distract from the overall point