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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by humanrebar on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:35AM (#14956700)
> There is also zero reason to consider comparing somebody do anti-vaxxers or any other outgroup a rational argument.

I took it as an argument by analogy. A more analytical approach like listing logical errors and fallacies wouldn't go over well either. I'm curious how someone else would phrase those points without neutering them.

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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by smsm42 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:04PM (#14973060)
If you see the specific fallacy, you can just point out the fallacy, you don't have to affix label like "you're just like $outgroup!". Mentioning $outgroup doesn't add anything to a rational argument. However, it frequently (though, of course, not always) betrays the weakness of the rational part and the desire to plug the hole by the emotional part.
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