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> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.y
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 9mo ago
> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
It's surely reasonable to assume they meant something that is factually accurate. Using "the police" to refer to law enforcement in general is common; additionally, the alleged crimes are in the purview of the FBI. There is ample context to interpret their words more strongly.
- zahlman 9mo agoOkay, but saying that the FBI supports ICE is not remarkable. The point of the comment is to make the case that something extraordinary is going on. It is not unreasonable for federal agencies to support each other. Anyway, to be clear, it legitimately didn't occur to me that by "the police" the other poster could possibly mean the FBI; therefore it wasn't within the world of "plausible interpretations" I could consider for that comment.