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> This is a tricky subject nope > "We're trying to save these neanderthals and they're stupid/tricked by evil so they're going to end up killing us all." thi
by erubin 8y ago
> This is a tricky subject
nope
> "We're trying to save these neanderthals and they're stupid/tricked by evil so they're going to end up killing us all."
this but unironically
> but do you really believe that all of them were fed that mantra by bad actors, and none of them are just lashing out at bullies?
ah yes, the guys with total political power are being bullied
> You want me to support your political campaign to regulate the gas that I exhale, because otherwise there will be a doomsday, and if I don't agree I'm either stupid or evil
yep
- JCSato 8y agoDon't have much skin in this argument, but this would convince absolutely nobody not already aligned with those beliefs. . .which was GP's point in the first place.
- xapata 8y ago> Don't have much skin in this argument Do you expect to live another 20+ years? Do you have children or young people you care about? If so, I think you have plenty of skin in the game.
- jogjayr 8y agoYeah, I didn't really understand this comment. Every living human has a skin in this argument.
- EForEndeavour 8y agoA young resident of coastal Bangladesh has a whole lot more skin in the game than a 60-year-old millionaire in Colorado.
- xapata 8y agoNearly everyone has family or friends they care about. But point taken.
- JCSato 8y agoLet me rephrase. I don't have much skin in erubin and oldandtired's particular talking points on this post in HN. Happy?