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Re:Why Is the NYPD So Powerful? by dgrin91 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:13PM (#23423594)
I think the problem he is pointing out in your statement is that you effectively just said everyone either agrees with your or is unreasonable. There is no middle ground. I can not be a reasonable person who disagrees with you.
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Re:Why Is the NYPD So Powerful? by dredmorbius on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:22PM (#23423665)
My interpretation is reasonable not in the senses of being establishment, elite, or some other socioeconomic signifier, but as in literally amenable to being convinced by reasoned argument, based on evidence and logical relationships between premises, evidence, and conclusions.

Contrasted with insensitive to reason.

So no, not a dog whistle.

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Re:Why Is the NYPD So Powerful? by grandmczeb on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:24PM (#23423685)
A more charitable reading: a large subset of all reasonable New Yorkers support the police in general. Not sure if that was what they meant, but it's how I read it.
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