finkelstein-lambaste Mr. Whatchamacallit

  • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    didn’t really engage with Destiny much on many points he brought up, if at all

    lmao, that’s because his ‘points’ were willfully misunderstood citations from wikipedia, sourced from books that Finkelstein either actually read or he himself wrote.

    Destiny did not ‘hold his own’, he got absolutely humiliated.

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        6 days ago

        How do you know?

        How? Even just a passive viewing of that debate shows how little he understands the citations he’s using. He couldn’t defend any of his sources beyond reading select quotes that just happen to be available on wikipedia - any time Finkelstein engaged the substance of whatever it was he was resting his case on Mr Bonnelli couldn’t hang.

        This is why this kind of exchange is pointless - Finkelstein is an actual scholar on the issue and can engage with substance far deeper than most average BA’s could, let alone a college drop-out slop-tuber. The distance between them in terms of subject matter knowledge is just too great - they might as well be speaking different languages.

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            6 days ago

            Please correct me if i’m misunderstanding your point, but I interpreted this response as you admitting you enjoy dunking your head into toilet bowls and think most people operate this way.

            “Having subject matter expertise is the same as vibes” is pretty much pestiny’s entire brand.