Also knowns as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

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    As another commentator says, pointing that a statement is bullshit is sufficient. The burden the burden of the proof is on the shitter, for having contrary opinion

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      Except that people readily believe the lie and liar, so you need to dispute it with data, and all the liar has to do is go “nuh uh!”. They’ll still influence people with zero effort.

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      In a fact based discussion sure, but bullshitting has other purposes: muddying the waters, creating distrust of media, simply drowning out non-bullshit.

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      Kamala did this the during the debate and it worked much better than I expected. She was basically like “yeah everything this guy just said is bullshit. Anyway, here’s what I’m going to do.”