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A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How come you had no problem editing your original comment to add to your point, but when your entire argument gets shut down you decide to leave it up unedited?

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

posterity. (edited to add:) people learn and grow. i think it's probably best to show that to others. i hope you're not as offended by this edit.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think the point of my comment was missed.

I have no problem with the edit, because I was referring to editing a comment to add things to the bottom, not to change the comment completely.

All one would need to do is to add a comment to the bottom of the comment saying, "I have since learned that I was wrong" or something. But you didn't.

However, you did do that when it came to adding to your point. So clearly you're aware of the possibility and chose to leave the disinformation up.

so you're happy in your format, and i'm happy in mine. i don't owe you an "opinion at the bottom".

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is actually good debate etiquette in my opinion. I have no issue going and having the conversation however it happens, but as soon as you take my argument apart I'm gonna leave it as is so that others can see the learning opportunity that I had

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I think you misunderstood...

I meant that they had no problem adding an edit to the end when it's adding to their point, but when their entire point is shot down, they don't add a comment indicating that everything you just read is wrong.

That is not good ettiquite, as anyone reading the conversation in passing might not make it to the part of the thread where the person realizes they were wrong and admits it. They just see the original, wrong, unedited comment.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Actually yeah, I see your point and that's something I've done before. Just something like

Edit: Got this one wrong