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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@[email protected] was not actually claiming that China is not independent. They are trying prove that Taiwan is independent through reductio ad absurdium. Basically, they try to derive something absurd (in this case China not being independent) from your claims.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Thus “pedantic nonsense”

You can’t prove independence through logical contradiction. It’s a state of foreign recognition. China clearly won the war enough to be recognized. Taiwan did not.

Independence isn’t a vibe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reductio ad absurdium is not "pedantic nonsense."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When misapplied that badly, it really is.