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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by marksomnian on Monday February 13, 2017 @01:22AM (#13633478)
And that is the reason you can never have a rational discussion about the subject. No matter how strong the arguments you present, the other side can always say "b... but... but think about the terrorists and the paedophiles!" and if you reply you get called a sympathiser - for having a rational discussion.

Welcome to 2017.

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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by sgift on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:17AM (#13633863)
Or 16, 15, 19xx, 18xx. Principled defense of something seen as morally wrong was always fraught with "so, you defend it, so, you must like it. Probably, you even do it, don't you?"

It's one of the first strategies in the book of shutting down your opposition and probably was one of the first things people tried the moment discussions started.

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