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It's not contrarian to take a rational view of the situation. Well, actually, never mind.

• freejazz 4y ago
  You are having the word rational do a lot of work there. also, just because something is rational doesn't mean it's reasonable, which runs entirely contrary to your point. But you didn't realize this because you are not reasonable. You just care what passes the rationality bar. It's much lower.
  • wpietri 4y ago
    For sure. There are a lot of people for whom "rational" means "tendentiously argued in a superficially logical way". When in my view the problem is not with their narrowly presented reasoning, but on what they've put outside the frame, which often includes values, assumptions, and data that's available but mysteriously excluded.