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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 This kind of statement is called a Logical fallacy.  

Dismissing someone out of hand because of a single opinion he has is absurd. Kisin gets things right and he gets things wrong.  

You and I probably agree he’s wrong on bitcoin, but he’s a good dude.  
He has flaws, as we all do. 
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I don’t think it’s absurd. Bitcoin reveals a person’s true nature. Once he gets Bitcoin right, I’ll consider the rest.
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I also don’t listen to vegans, vaxx hysterics, or communists. That’s not a logical fallacy, it’s efficiency.
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Rand | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i need to tend my garden now
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 What if someone admits they’re a pedophile? Would it be absurd to dismiss the rest of their ideology out of hand?
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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 Okay, ill bite. 
Your example is super polarizing but my point still stands. 
If you discovered that Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking was a pedo, you’d be disgusted but it wouldn’t undermine their contributions to science.
One has nothing do with the other.
My only point. 
Normally I wouldn’t have bothered to reply at all but my hope here, is to enlighten a fellow bitcoiner.
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mleku | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 truth cannot be undone by the character of one who spoke it

but it can call into question how this speaker came by this knowledge...
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For me, it actually would undermine and cast doubt upon their contributions. John Maynard Keynes being a pedo even further decreases his credibility for me. It demonstrates a corrupted mind that can corrupt all of their ideas.
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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Kissin has plenty of valid ideas but
His take on bitcoin is incorrect.
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 His takes on Israel are also incorrect…littered with, as you say, logical fallacies. Dave Smith just went through Kisin’s recent Israel video. How many instances like that does it take to make someone easily dismissible writ large?