What does it mean to whitewash something with famous quotes?
"You may disagree with my views, but you may not deny my right to speak!" — Voltaire X, or perhaps some British female writer.
No comment here.
All that needed to be said was that Sogo Doma had an awful lot of crooked logic. He could casually pull out countless famous quotes to refute anyone. You could question him, but before you did, you had to first deny the sages who had said those words!
It couldn't be helped. There were simply too many people in this world. Even if so-called sages only appeared once every hundred years, when scaled up to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, billions, and tens of billions, sages who appeared once a century were not all that rare.
On top of that, outstanding people naturally couldn't all agree with one another's ideas. Thus, contradictory famous quotes emerged—which meant Sogo Doma could refute anyone in any situation, and do so entirely with famous quotes!
Even Shizuka Hiratsuka couldn't refute him. She couldn't exactly claim that her own views were superior to those of the sages, could she?
The same went for Hachiman Hikigaya. He had originally wanted to explode, but the moment he heard those "famous quotes," his head began to ache. It was no wonder—kindergartens and elementary schools loved using such quotes to educate students. They called it "letting children experience the mindsets of great people," but in truth, it was brainwashing!
Thus, Hachiman Hikigaya had no idea how to argue back. Even if his way of thinking seemed bizarre to others, he had still undergone the sages' baptism—brainwashing!
"Yes..." While everyone was left speechless, Sogo Doma spoke again. "It's all Hikigaya's fault. What class