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Not sure why this is dead? I found it rather true.

• chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  "Presidents generally support expanding executive powers" is true, but that doesn't mean that all presidents pushed to expand powers in the same way and to the same degree. "Obama did it with more flair, Bush did it with more stumbling" reduces these differences to mere aesthetics. More generally, "both sides are bad" is essentially the cynic's version of "both sides are valid," and should be treated with a similarly skeptical eye. False equivalence that gets you to nod your head in agreement is still false equivalence.