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Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by wutbrodo on Monday September 19, 2016 @04:34PM (#12534470)
> Everyone American I know is very grateful for what he did. And I know quite a few.

This is an enormously basic fallacy. I was born and raised in the US and have spent a quarter century of life here, so I think it's fair to say "I know quite a few" Americans. But I would think it beyond insane to claim that my sample is useful for statements like "I know a lot of Americans and none feel this way. Who are they?". I also don't know any Trump supporters, any single parents, any heroin addicts, any cardiosurgeons, any farmers...is it really that difficult to believe that your sample of Americans isn't typical (despite its impressive size of "quite a few")?

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Re:Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal by Practicality on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:31PM (#12534920)
That was precisely my point. Thanks. :)

(The comment I was replying to said that Americans are ok with one thing but not ok with another. It was implying that all Americans think the same way and I disagree)

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