"""It's starting to feel like you are deliberately trying to misrepresent my views even when I state them explicitly."""
Because it's a Straw Man argument, that much should be plainly obvious.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Straw_man
It's like when a person says "I like apples" and someone else reads that and says "OH, SO YOU HATE ORANGES THEN?"
No, that's a whole entirely different sentence.
Anyway, just do your best to IGNORE Crossie....
If they wanna be a goofball and put words in your mouth, then you've no obligation at all to dignify their delusional b.s. with a response.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tone_argument#Kafkatrapping
You're fine, and you did nothing wrong.
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"""It's starting to feel like you are deliberately trying to misrepresent my views even when I state them explicitly."""
Because it's a Straw Man argument, that much should be plainly obvious.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Straw_man
It's like when a person says "I like apples" and someone else reads that and says "OH, SO YOU HATE ORANGES THEN?"
No, that's a whole entirely different sentence.
Anyway, just do your best to IGNORE Crossie....
If they wanna be a goofball and put words in your mouth, then you've no obligation at all to dignify their delusional b.s. with a response.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tone_argument#Kafkatrapping
You're fine, and you did nothing wrong.