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I think I am missing something. Comment A (original): 'stereotypes have a reason.' Comment B (me): example of a stereotype without reason, which happens to or
by growingkittens 3y ago
I think I am missing something.
Comment A (original): 'stereotypes have a reason.'
Comment B (me): example of a stereotype without reason, which happens to originate from the US
Comment C (you): 'You're generalizing the US to the entire world.'
Maybe I should have included a warning to ease the shock: 'You're about to read an example from the United States.'
- TeMPOraL 3y agoComment A shouldn't be taken as a statement of boolean logic that can be disproved with a single counterexample.
- growingkittens 3y agoWhy? It was set up that way. If they had said "many stereotypes have a reason," then I would ask which ones have a reason. But that isn't what they said.