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Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem by twentyseven on Saturday August 25, 2018 @12:33PM (#17841445) 

  and make the cognitive error
That’s being charitable. Often, it’s not a cognitive error, but rather spite and retaliation. Hanlon’s razor really doesn’t work well in these situations.

People know damn well what they’re up to, and will redouble their efforts at the suggestion that something might be taken off their plate.

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Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem by graeme on Saturday August 25, 2018 @04:15PM (#17842381)
True. Especially in later stages, when someone has joined a tribe. I think in earlier stages it really can be a cognitive error, which is the catalyst for later radicalization, spite, retaliation, etc
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