It was more “you lose credibility when you make a grotesque thesis statement

Aka something you disagree with.

, both in substance and on the form”.

What the fuck does that even mean? You’re just trying to sound smart now.

The form is sufficiently obvious I suppose

In that they disagree with you, yes.

On the merits of the existence of authoritarianism, dismissing the work of someone like Adorno - just like that - is genuinely hilarious.

So they disagree with you