On: 'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the ...

[thomastjeffery]

You wrote a thing like this

> some text

I assumed that to be a quote. Was it not?

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> and you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place.

You mean the article we are commenting on shouldn't have brought it up in the first place.

I agree! My point is that it did indeed bring it up. Nothing more.

You are arguing with no one, and directing it at me.

[gaganyaan → thomastjeffery]

It's a common way of rephrasing what someone said to point out the absurdity in their statement.

I mean that you in particular shouldn't have brought it up. You should apply your reasoning, and not argue using bad arguments. If the article has a bad argument, don't repeat it.

[thomastjeffery → gaganyaan]

I provided it as context. For fucks sake, this is the article we are writing comments for! God forbid I talk about the OP!

Did you read literally any other part of my comments?!?

[gaganyaan → thomastjeffery]

You replied to someone that said "No one I know seriously considers changing the structure that's in place" with an irrelevant comment