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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by anigbrowl on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:23PM (#16038296)
Actually no, because 'those people' are the set of 'people who have chosen to label others as anti police' and a singular opinion isn't the same as a collective identity.

Admittedly people who hold that opinion might adhere to a 'conservative identity' but the gp was specifically describing people who engaged in categorical dismissal of of political proposal, so it's legitimate to say they can't be reasoned with because categorical dismissals are an example of a genetic fallacy.

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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by akvadrako on Sunday December 31, 2017 @05:33AM (#16040073)
The wording implies you can't reason with "those people", meaning the anti-anti-police ones. But it kinda misses the mark, because you can't reason with "anybody" active in the identity-politics environment that pervades the US.
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