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> HK protestors are for democracy, which is good. The PRC is opposed to democracy, which is bad. Come on, you should know that the ability to distill complicat
by knzhou 7y ago
> HK protestors are for democracy, which is good. The PRC is opposed to democracy, which is bad.
Come on, you should know that the ability to distill complicated issues into slogans is orthogonal to truth.
"Abortion clinic bombers are for life, which is good. Abortion doctors are opposed to life, which is bad."
- TulliusCicero 7y agoIt's almost like some issues are more complicated and nuanced than others. I don't need to constantly wring my hands about declaring Nazis to be evil asshats, just because they were humans with varying motivations or whatever. More insightful and deeper analysis may be warranted at times, to be sure, but summarizing them as genocidal, evil maniacs isn't wrong in the least.