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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by bb88 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:51PM (#19041228)
The fact that you label the two sides as "hicks" and "snobby progressives" only hurts your stance.

I think we can agree that both sides don't typically listen to each other, and if we're all using language like that then we never will.

Why should I debate you on medicare subsidies, e.g. if you've labeled me a "snobby progressive" and then have taken the victim role to boot?

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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by stuart78 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:09PM (#19041322)
I think the poster was using deliberately provocative words to call attention to the emotional angle of the debate, not making those judgements themselves.
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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by waffle_ss on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:51PM (#19041552)
This is what I was going for and I didn't realize my original comment would be misconstrued so badly.
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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by bb88 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:14PM (#19041349)
Except that it was awfully one-sided and appeared to be labeling actual people directly (those in r/wisconsin)
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Re:Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin by waffle_ss on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:55PM (#19041572)
It was one-sided because I was replying to a comment calling rural Wisconsinites easily-misled Republican voting robots. It was an attempt to show balance in the other side's perspective.
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