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Re:About This Googler's Manifesto by etchalon on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:12AM (#14939811)
It's a question of how you quote him. If you quote him to argue against him, especially if you do so in a reasonable, thoughtful way, you would be implying the initial statement or argument was reasoned, and thoughtful.

"Normalization" is the process by which we treat ludicrous things as not ludicrous, but debatable.

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Re:About This Googler's Manifesto by TimTheTinker on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:25AM (#14939865)
Treating other people's opinions as ludicrous might work as a strategy to an extent, but in the long run that approach will only create further division and ostracism.

Tear apart the ideas with friendly, well-reasoned arguments, yes! Ideas are fair game. Fight fire with fire, not gasoline.

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Re:About This Googler's Manifesto by alexmat on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:21AM (#14939852)
Everything is debatable. Even this.
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