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I'm not yet living in the world I'm advocating.

If I were an anti-Putin Russian advocating a world in which everyone could safely use real-name accounts for their anti-Putin propaganda, you wouldn't argue that my advocacy was false or insincere, just because I was using an anonymous account, now would you?



Ahh, the old "my comment would make perfect sense if only we weren't talking about Earth" gambit.


My comment only makes sense in this world, since it advocates a combination of changes that would lead to a different world.

If I wanted to retract what I wrote or backpedal on it, I would edit or delete it. I would not need to play any 'gambit' nor would there by any point. What's the point of that if I leave the post up?

I'm explaining that I intended something different from your interpretation and all you're doing is keeping hammering that your initial reading must necessarily be right. Why would I bother?




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