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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh noes why? We've got such a great forum here, why not use it to sort out some of the more controversial things.
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Karnage | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Because people feel the need to be correct and will try to defend their opinions at all costs instead of considering all the information.
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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And nostr is a particularly bad case if this? Dunno. I think you can just ignore the bigots.
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frphank | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Or expose people for their poor behavior. This missus here for example. Prefacing statements with "I'm not a climate scientist, but ..." promotes an idea of "ignorance is strength". And "I find the omission interesting" is implying criticism instead of expressing it to allow backtracking later.

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