Bryan Mullins: Disability isn't even a real thing as shown in The Roast Game Skeptic's video

Here are my final rebuttals. 1. " ALS is a disease, disability is an effect. Things cause disabilities, not being able to walk is a disability as defined by the word that is used. " OK, you said that ALS is a disease, but just because I attacked your argument, doesn't make it approval for you. You committed a logical fallacy of instant approval because someone like me attacks your argument. Does stubbing your toe cause an effect. The only effect of a disease is pain, not disability. You still do not prove that disability is a thing, you won't be able to if you keep asserting this way. 2. "Yes, it's almost like the disease limits movement and activities, fits the definition of a disability. " No, it only defines pain, not disability. You only keep asserting that, which still doesn't prove anything. Let me define pain for you. Pain: "physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. " [3] Just because you are hurting or sick, doesn't necessarily make you disabled. Another assertion you made. 3. "Yes, it has been done. I made sure that my argument made sense, in order to verify it to be true. " Has it? " Yes, of course. It isn't unsound is it? 4. "As I explained, skepticism doesn't disprove (falsify) anything, it's questioning the validity, authenticity. If I doubt the claim that the supernatural exists, does it automatically disprove the supernatural? " I didn't say that they did, I only said Skeptics used skepticism as a tactic to debunk things purporting to be "facts" or "true" though it is more than just using skepticism to debunk things like I stated earlier. You are clearly not a skeptic, SirDave. 5. "The keyword is choosing. If you are choosing to be in a wheelchair, I don't think you are disabled. Keeping with my example, people with ALS who survive don't choose to be in a wheelchair, they don't have a choice. " Yes they do have a choice, as I said before, they refuse. Refusing to get out of a wheelchair does not mean they have no choice. I'm not just picking out keywords to give me points, I'm just arguing your point. Again, you committed another logical fallacy (the same one) again. Just because someone attacks your argument, doesn't make it approval for you. It's not that I don't think they're not "disabled" it's that they're not disabled. That is an irrelevant argument to make. 6. "It sounds like you are asserting that disability is not a thing because those who claim to have them are not necessarily disabled, that doesn't make disability not a thing. This seems a lot like cherry-picking to serve your argument. " I'm not asserting, I am arguing your point. This is the most irrelevant argument you ever made in this debate. Arguing my point is not the same as just asserting my point. If I was asserting my point I would just clearly say this. "Disability isn't a thing and you know it" or "It is not a thing. Stop arguing a fact. " I am clearly not asserting, just another irrelevant argument you have made. 7. "I'm not sure if this is an example or you are calling me a flat-earther. If you are calling me a flat-earther, you're mistaken, cause I said I'm skeptical of that claim. If this is an example, no one believes flat-earthers that is because there's already evidence to the contrary. Yet a lot of people do believe in something that doesn't exist. Actually, it's better to say that a lot of people believe in things that has not been demonstrated to exist. Many people believe in god, the supernatural, aliens, and a flat earth, these claims have not been demonstrated to exist, therefore I'm skeptical of these claims, I do not accept these claims. " Yes, you accepted yourself to believe these things. Here, let me quote you. "I am a skeptic, I am skeptical of religion, flat earth, and supernatural claims. Skepticism is the position of doubt or disbelief of an argument or position. Skepticism can not in and of itself disprove anything. You can question it all you want, but you must actually demonstrate it to be true or in this case false, which has not been done. " You are clearly a believer in all these things you stated, though you deny it. Being skeptical doesn't always mean, you disagree or disbelieve in anything, another assertion you made, in this quote you meant that you believed in these things because you said you are a skeptic of religion, flat earth, and supernatural beings. Then word "Skeptic" and "Skepticism" are camouflage words. They don't always mean the same all the time. 8. "You're making the claim that disabilities don't exist. However, you narrow disability to mean you have to be essentially dead. Yet that is not what the word means. We don't use the word in a context in relation to living, we use the word in context in relation to what you're disabled of. With ALS the disability is that they physically cannot walk. It limits movement that they otherwise should have. " If we don't use the word in a context in relation to living, it has no meaning. The last part of the quote made no sense. Again, it is only pain, not disability. I already defined what "pain" is, and again, ALS is not a disability, it is a disease or a series of diseases. Again, let me quote from one of the sources you provided earlier. "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a group of rare neurological diseases that mainly involve the nerve cells (neurons) responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement. Voluntary muscles produce movements like chewing, walking, and talking. The disease is progressive, meaning the symptoms get worse over time. Currently, there is no cure for ALS and no effective treatment to halt, or reverse, the progression of the disease. ALS belongs to a wider group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases, which are caused by gradual deterioration (degeneration) and death of motor neurons. Motor neurons are nerve cells that extend from the brain to the spinal cord and to muscles throughout the body. These motor neurons initiate and provide vital communication links between the brain and the voluntary muscles. Messages from motor neurons in the brain (called upper motor neurons) are transmitted to motor neurons in the spinal cord and to motor nuclei of brain (called lower motor neurons) and from the spinal cord and motor nuclei of brain to a particular muscle or muscles. In ALS, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, and stop sending messages to the muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, start to twitch (called fasciculations), and waste away (atrophy). Eventually, the brain loses its ability to initiate and control voluntary movements. Early symptoms of ALS usually include muscle weakness or stiffness. Gradually all muscles under voluntary control are affected, and individuals lose their strength and the ability to speak, eat, move, and even breathe. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure, usually within 3 to 5 years from when the symptoms first appear. However, about 10 percent of people with ALS survive for 10 or more years. " [4] My conclusion is that the con only asserted that disability is a thing, failed to prove it, and made two irrelevant arguments, and does not know or clarify what Skepticism is. Here are all the sources used in my arguments. [1] . http://www.dictionary.com... [2] . https://www.ninds.nih.gov... [3] . https://m.youtube.com... [4] . https://www.ninds.nih.gov...