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Re:California bans private prisons by beaner on Friday September 13, 2019 @09:20AM (#20961834)
I don't agree with this comment at all. Skepticism isn't denying the claim or advocating an alternative one, it is promoting thoroughness and responsibility. The uninspected claim is quite a bit more dangerous.
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Re:California bans private prisons by stdbrouw on Friday September 13, 2019 @10:43AM (#20962600)
This particular flavor of skepticism does not promote thoroughness and responsibility, in fact it promotes laziness: "Why read (or even skim) through the article when I can just state these five ways in which the article might be bad and therefore its argument void?"
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