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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by _qwfv on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:44PM (#27227748)
I think I'm mostly just expressing frustration that this actually works. That anyone looks at that phrasing and says, "Yes, this makes sense."
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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by chrononaut on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:10PM (#27228596)
Unfortunately logical fallacies are often used in much of political messaging, which far precedes the current climate.

https://propagandaprinciples.wordpress.com/logical-fallacies...

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by jfrunyon on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:27PM (#27236169)
I certainly agree with you there. As the other person mentions though, it didn't appear any time recently and it's not going to go away any time soon. Most people don't think about things logically or critically. See also: ads work.
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