“I don’t have to justify what I say! You just have to reaize I’m God incarnate on earth and everything I say is true and you must believe it without a question!”

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No, I don’t have to justify what I say, and you are free to not believe it.

The idea of “you don’t owe intellectual work to strangers” isn’t that you win arguments automatically.  It’s that you can walk away and forfeit the game, and maybe your point is never really proven, but your life goes on and the world keeps on turning.

This is so important!  Saying no isn’t a way to “win.”  It’s a way to stop playing.

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