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Re:Why Google’s firing terrifies social conservatives so much by Yetanfou on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:36AM (#14966621)
A conclusion is "toxic" when it poisons the desired outcome and/or goes counter to the narrative. Evidence does not play a major part in this, other than to be quoted when it supports the narrative or dismissed or smeared when it doesn't (viz. Obscurantism [1] and Moral relativism [2])

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscurantism

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism

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