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Be a bit careful of "whataboutism". It is a cognitive fallacy Canada's civil society collapsing does not mean that the USA's civil society is not. Perhaps th
by worik 2y ago
Be a bit careful of "whataboutism". It is a cognitive fallacy
Canada's civil society collapsing does not mean that the USA's civil society is not. Perhaps they both are?
I think that the social fabric in both countries can take the punishment for a decade or two. It will be some time before they collapse.
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- dang 2y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- ulbu 2y agoUnsubstantive, sure, I agree, but I don’t see how expressing a sentiment of disbelief and suspicion of trolling (or however it may be called) this way is “flamebait”.
- dang 2y agoPosting "is this satire" is an internet trope, a way of snarkily putting down what someone else said. In that way, it's a provocation and in that way flamebait. If that explanation doesn't land, there are other site guidelines which maybe make the point more directly, such as "Don't be snarky", "Edit out swipes", and/or "Omit internet tropes". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ulbu 2y agoi see, thank you for clarifying