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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by abnry on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:16AM (#21789593)
Why do you use the word "we"? I wasn't directing my comment to you.

An assumption isn't necessarily condescending. I assumed I was talking to someone on the left side of politics and was giving examples for the sake of an argument. If those examples do not in fact work then I can just as well pick other ones.

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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by traderjane on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:35AM (#21789670)
> You are missing the point. If I say, "I support X" and you say, "I support not X," that's just a disagreement.

> Why do you use the word "we"? I wasn't directing my comment to you.

Indeed this is a communication mystery.

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