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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by pingpongchef on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:39PM (#24861654)
Problem is that it's a subtle accusation of speaking in bad faith or an accusation of lacking agency. In order to have respect for the other person, you can't start from either of those positions.
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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by BitwiseFool on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:43PM (#24861736)
This perfectly describes how I feel and what I was trying to get across. You're much better at English than I.
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Re:Media Owned by Wealthy Are Quick to Tell You Wealth Taxes... by marricks on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:57PM (#24861917)
Original comment was pretty threadbare, just “wealth taxes wouldn’t affect me but I don’t want them”. It’s worth knowing why they think that, especially if it’s getting upvoted so much.

We have to be able to ask these questions and assume they’re not attacks to have productive dialogues.

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