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Re:The Washington state legislature has voted to end limits ... by foerbert on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:49AM (#26830015)
In defense of the original commenter, they mentioned they had a personal connection to the person paid to do that work. It seems plausible enough that that was the reason it was picked as an example, over other things they might have no personal connection to. I would be inclined to chalk it up to that, rather than anything else.
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Re:The Washington state legislature has voted to end limits ... by eganist on Friday April 16, 2021 @07:55AM (#26832764)
That may be one defense, but the counter to that is that personal stories do a better job of winning people to pick a side versus facts and stats.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S07495...

It's also why anecdotes are often used as a technique of persuasion, because so many people eat them up and it eliminates the need for a citation.

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