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[arnarbi]

> It's odd to say you "don't accept their defense" when you're really just operating from a different set of assumptions in the first place.

Why is that odd? Their set of assumptions is exactly what he is criticizing.

[GavinMcG → arnarbi]

I think of criticizing the defense as criticizing the argument or reasoning offered.

Put another way, if the problem is with the assumptions, the criticism goes far deeper than just that defense.