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I may not fully agree with each and every point, but I always appreciate the research and meticulousness gwern brings to the table.
by hitekker 11y ago
I may not fully agree with each and every point, but I always appreciate the research and meticulousness gwern brings to the table.
- Theodores 11y agoI don't. This article is clueless. The truth has not been triangulated here. Sometimes one needs to pull one's backside out of academic citations and speak to people, at the moment Syrian people are pretty handy for informing one's own perspective on things. I am fortunate in that I know regular Syrian people that do professional jobs, raise kids, play football and have plenty of family back home. Normal people that happen to have moved out before the rest from Syria don't have some crazy viewpoint, but you have to talk to them. They may not know the truth either but they can provide a point of reference not provided by the media or 'well meaning' articles written by people that either know nothing or have an axe to grind.
- jessaustin 11y agoThis would be more persuasive if you told us what your prescient Syrian acquaintances think, and how that contradicts TFA.