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Well no I'm not but I appreciate you telling me what I mean.

Yes you are.

The question you are asking is defined by the context of what you are replying to.

Selectively choosing to only reply to one part of that, in an effort to change the context, in fact changes nothing.

In this case 'deserves' was used in the context of someone deserving freedom from state interference.

You're getting really hung up on a single word, while ignoring the rest of what the other commenter said, but I'm the one being selective...

And it's extra funny to me since I'm very much a proponent of giving power back to the people

Well why don’t you explain what you do mean, then?

Why don't you re-read what I wrote? I don't think it was a particularly difficult question to understand

I read it, I thought it was needlessly rhetorical and deliberately argumentative. Not at all constructive conversation, more of a reddit 'gotcha' than anything. In short, I don't think you're being very honest with your intentions, it's a bad look and I'm sure you can do better :)

Interesting. I thought narrator's response was needlessly misogynistic - but I suppose it's easier to ignore that part of the argument and instead try to tell me what I really meant. I wonder if you can do better.

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