• refalo@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    My understanding is that after the war, the US agreed to defend Japan. And Japan is still allowed to defend itself against others too. I don’t understand how what you’re saying is related at all.

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      2 months ago

      The US occupied Japan. The agreement wasn’t exactly one made by equals. It was the same kind of deal as the Marshall Plan.

      Which parts of what I said don’t seem related?

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        2 months ago

        The US occupied Japan

        Only until 1952. Everything you’re saying sounds like a strawman argument.

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          2 months ago

          Only until 1952

          De jure, yes. But also what is your point? Do you think this contradicts anything I said?

          Everything you’re saying sounds like a strawman argument.

          A straw man argument is where you pretend someone else is making an argument that they aren’t because it is rhetorically easier to address.

          At which point have I done that even once?