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> The way to recognise this is to ask yourself if you can actually name any particular example of the "them" you're arguing against. Unfortunately, I think wha
by lucideer 9y ago
> The way to recognise this is to ask yourself if you can actually name any particular example of the "them" you're arguing against.
Unfortunately, I think what can often compound this line of thinking is a willingness to speculatively ascribe qualities to people we've just met in an attempt to put them into a box we can relate to (either positively relate or negatively relate).
Asking someone to think of a particular example of "them" might simply lead to an example of someone they've judged on first impressions.
- contravariant 9y agoThat's a fair point. I guess the real problem is that any claims about "them" can't really be refuted by anyone. So a better method would be to ask yourself if there's someone who could reject your claims. If not your statements are not falsifiable, which makes debating them somewhat pointless.