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Re:Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept by vokep on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:42PM (#24935531)
Its the difference between a history book with the tone of "then the evil nazis who were the spawn of satan did this and caused suffering because they're evil nazis"

as opposed to

"then the nazis did this and caused a significant degree of suffering widely regarded in the forthcoming decades as among if not the most evil acts ever committed"

The difference is taking things personally, as opposed to a third person observational perspective. Both may come to the same conclusion, but one is hoping you'll be convinced while the other just represents what is known about the reality in question, letting the meaning of it speak for itself. There is even inclusion of opinion, but not personally taken, just noted as occurring.

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Re:Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept by JetSpiegel on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:05PM (#24937159)
> widely regarded[1]

By whom? Weasel words.

Are the Nazi's actions bad only because of the "widely opinion" other people held?

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Re:Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept by parliament32 on Friday October 30, 2020 @12:11PM (#24943725)
The keyword is "evil", which is subjective, therefore an opinion. A Nazi Officer, for example, would disagree with your opinion whether what they did was evil.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept by noxer on Thursday October 29, 2020 @06:06PM (#24936654)
Correct.. BUT whoever bring up the nazis first loses the argument sorry ;)
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Re:Glenn Greenwald Resigns from the Intercept by arcticbull on Friday October 30, 2020 @12:06PM (#24943680)
You're not wrong :) that's my fault. I was hoping to find something pretty uncontentious.
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