I don’t think the post helps to illuminate the silliness of the naysayers at all.
The naysayers are saying things like “That isn’t an army, it’s a child’s collection of toy soldiers”, which in the case of an alleged army is either visibly right or visibly wrong, but in the case we’re actually interested in it’s not so obvious whether they’re right.
And they’re saying things like “You’ve been saying for the last ten years that the army is just around the corner, and we keep not getting murdered by Jakoths. I don’t see this alleged army that’s about to kill us.”, which again in the case of an actual army alleged to be a mile away is pretty easy to evaluate; not so much in our case.
In the metaphorical scenario where we’re dealing with an army allegedly just a mile away, everyone would be able to tell whether the claim is true or not, and everyone would agree that an army a mile away is a threat. Someone saying “I’m more likely to be struck by lightning” is either obviously right or obviously wrong. None of that applies to the real-world thing you’re gesturing towards.
I don’t think the post helps to illuminate the silliness of the naysayers at all.
The naysayers are saying things like “That isn’t an army, it’s a child’s collection of toy soldiers”, which in the case of an alleged army is either visibly right or visibly wrong, but in the case we’re actually interested in it’s not so obvious whether they’re right.
And they’re saying things like “You’ve been saying for the last ten years that the army is just around the corner, and we keep not getting murdered by Jakoths. I don’t see this alleged army that’s about to kill us.”, which again in the case of an actual army alleged to be a mile away is pretty easy to evaluate; not so much in our case.
In the metaphorical scenario where we’re dealing with an army allegedly just a mile away, everyone would be able to tell whether the claim is true or not, and everyone would agree that an army a mile away is a threat. Someone saying “I’m more likely to be struck by lightning” is either obviously right or obviously wrong. None of that applies to the real-world thing you’re gesturing towards.