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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by jacobush on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:52AM (#17817090)
Upvoted that one though - this begs the question:

should you construct an argument only by its premise, or should you try to reach the person? I think [s]he assumed that you are not a prison abolitionist and tried to find an argument that might sway you.

Is it better or worse to argue like that?

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by rule_follower on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:18PM (#17820691)
There was no prior mention of the person being a prison abolitionist. There was mention of concern about private prisons. I don't know how I am to intuit what a person is truly concerned about vs. what they state they are concerned about.
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