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This is really admirable of you. To be clear, you have nothing to defend, you only had to point out how shitty other people are.

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Why do I always seem to be running into the word "shitty" in criticisms or attacks that can't substantiate themselves?

Please explain how my criticism of those people's behavior can't substantiate itself.

Please explain how it does.

Why do those who can't hack the "exercise left for the reader" never directly ask for help?

It's not the job of your interlocutor to make your argument for you. If you can't make your own argument, you don't have an argument.

You could replace "shitty" with "thoughtless", "callous", "cruel" for example. It's quicker, and more satisfying, to simply use the shorthand "shitty".

Also, what argument? Does the fact that the lady in question did not have anything to defend against, nothing to be ashamed of, really hinge on the exact definition of the shittyness of reddit trolls? Heh. So it's simply a statement. And if you disagree that such behaviour is shitty, make your case. If you don't, I really wonder what we're even talking about here.

The truth is cruel to people who are wrong on the side of the argument, because they get their feelings hurt. Cruelty says nothing about the validity of an argument. This is a complete waste of time.

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