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> Attempting to shut down discussion by deliberately misunderstanding words or how they work is a sign of an inability to make productive valid points about rea
by smolder 3y ago
> Attempting to shut down discussion by deliberately misunderstanding words or how they work is a sign of an inability to make productive valid points about reality.
Lumping a bunch of things together under a vague term to make it easier to vaguely complain about them is a sign of an inability to make productive valid points about reality.
- nate_meurer 3y agoYou do exactly the same thing when you use phrases like "the right wing".
- ben_w 3y agoI was about to say "right wing" hasn't shifted radically in the last decade, but then I guess it has shifted significantly in the UK at least; I hear it's also shifted significantly in the US, but I'm not at all confident in the reporting in that case.
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