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Re:Craig Newmark: a survivor from the era of internet optimism by astazangasta on Sunday July 14, 2019 @12:17PM (#20434228)
This is in the category of "outrage outrage", where we are outraged that other people are getting outraged about things.
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Re:Craig Newmark: a survivor from the era of internet optimism by Ensorceled on Sunday July 14, 2019 @12:57PM (#20434431)
Ironically, this is why I personally find the use of "snowflake" and "SJW" so enraging.
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Re:Craig Newmark: a survivor from the era of internet optimism by world32 on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:25PM (#20443638)
"outrage outrage outrage".
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Re:Craig Newmark: a survivor from the era of internet optimism by astazangasta on Sunday July 14, 2019 @03:14PM (#20435312)
I find those terms particularly perplexing because the idea of ridiculing people for their sensitivity to particular political concerns is an exercise in demonstrating your sensitivity to particular political concerns. Cura te ipsum!
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Re:Craig Newmark: a survivor from the era of internet optimism by nathanasmith on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:59AM (#20438933)
"Tu quoque, (Latin for "you also"), or the appeal to hypocrisy, is a fallacy that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with its conclusion(s)."

You might find the rest of the wikipedia article interesting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

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