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Thought-terminating cliché
- kortilla 7y ago“You can’t hug your children with nuclear arms.” “Socialize risks, privatize gains.” “It’s already priced in.”
- 2data222 7y agoGood examples. Might "fake news" be an example as well?
- hprotagonist 7y agoThere's a quote, and i think it's orwell, along the lines of "when one is speaking with a certain kind of man, one gets the impression that one is not arguing with a person, but with a wall or pat phrases and stock propaganda" I can't find the full/correct text or a citation, but I know i've read it...
- l0b0 7y agoForums everywhere end up with their own set of memes which are very effective thought-terminators. It's hard to stay engaged in serious debate in the first place, and even a couple people are usually enough to derail a discussion among "equals" to the point where nothing productive can happen.
- defertoreptar 7y agoHow about when people become upset when you simply disagree with what the group believes, when it's not even hurting anyone. I have seen people act upset, and then use that emotion to justify shutting down the conversation.