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Look at all of the psychologically conditioned[1] Westerners who do not follow your rule of thumb: http://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&que
by mistermann 2y ago
Look at all of the psychologically conditioned[1] Westerners who do not follow your rule of thumb:
http://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=russia&sort=byDate&type=comment http://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&que...
Does this variation of the phenomenon bother you as well, and to the same degree?
[1] I mean this in the technical sense, not merely as shit talk.
- twoodfin 2y agoFrom my admittedly limited perspective, it doesn’t seem like you need conspiracy theories to rag on the actions and statements of the current Russian government.
- mistermann 2y agoI agree...however, do you think most people (or, the HN members in the search results) are able to conceptualize reality (the portion related to this topic) in a manner that does not technically fall into that category (thus invoking hypocrisy/irony/hilarity)? Do you think they mostly & consistently have the ability (cold/natively, or even if explicitly prompted)?
- twoodfin 2y agoI don’t know, but if they alluded to evidence that Russia had co-opted a US presidential candidate or something, yes, I’d also encourage them to present it.
- mistermann 2y ago"evidence" is one of the most misunderstood, weaponized, shape shifting, etc words in our language....and our language is shit, so that's saying something.