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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by Analemma_ on Monday May 07, 2018 @01:08PM (#17014400)
If you're not already convinced that the term "social justice warrior" is now devoid of meaning, note this comment. I don't want to support a theocratic regime where homosexuality is punishable by death and criticizing the government or Islam is a criminal offense enforced by secret police, so I'm one of the SJWs now?
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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by austincheney on Monday May 07, 2018 @01:16PM (#17014491)
I did not see any such evidence of MIT asking for your, or anybody else's, support though. The article just looked like an opinion calling for a boycott.

https://github.com/prettydiff/wisdom/blob/master/Avoiding_Tr...

> so I'm one of the SJWs now?

Please do not try to troll me. The article and these comments are not about you. I am not attacking you (or anybody else).

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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by iron0013 on Monday May 07, 2018 @02:17PM (#17015034)
Please do not accuse others of trolling.
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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by austincheney on Monday May 07, 2018 @03:33PM (#17015742)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

Please review the part of the comment I quoted. It is essentially an ad hominem in rhetorical question form. Attacks in any form are unfortunate. Pointing to and asking for the attack to terminate directly and politely is a generally preferred response, but if this is unwelcome then next time I will immediately flag the communication for moderator review.

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