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To his credit, mistrial9 is making a substantive argument in pointing out that cjlars is cherry-picking data. And while I don't personally hold private equity i
by darkerside 7y ago
To his credit, mistrial9 is making a substantive argument in pointing out that cjlars is cherry-picking data. And while I don't personally hold private equity in poor repute, I can see the irony in someone from that world expressing skepticism about unrealistic valuations.
- service_bus 7y agoThe OP never said their example wasn't an outlier, they were just making a point that these things happen. Regardless, you can't just respond to a specific example with broad generalizations. It's textbook 'whataboutism'.
- kwp 7y agoSince when is "whataboutism" forbidden and who cares? It is just a stupid Internet meme to shut down discussions.
- darkerside 7y agoOP recommended avoiding an entire asset class based on the example, so I think OP was guilty of generalizing here. The child comment also generalized about PE and its practitioners, which I agree was not a strong argument, but I don't think invalidates the entire post.