devil’s advocate
What Grinds Our Gears: The “Devil’s advocate” guy
Yasmin Vejs Simsek June 7, 2022“Just playing the devil’s advocate” is arguing for the sake of argument, and it helps nothing. I’ve had people tell me that white cisgender straight men are discriminated against in western societies, that hiring quotas are unfair, and that I wouldn’t know because I’m a woman. Never mind that I am doing a Masters in gender studies. It’s so ludicrous I can only assume people say this to wind me up. Why engage then? Who even gave these Luciferian advocates the autonomy to play their role? The only people that find pleasure in this concept are people from a privileged…
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Devil politely requests that people stop advocating for him
Alea Mohamed May 22, 2021In a shocking turn of events, the Devil has requested that people stop advocating for him. Despite his initial gratitude, the Devil worries those speaking on his behalf are doing a terrible job of it— especially you, Steven. You know…
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