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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by tclancy on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:26PM (#27257780)
I’m stealing that line. It feels like the Internet has inspired a subset of people to play for that team and it’s so confusing as to why. I am trying to always “assume good intentions” as a rule now; I think it’s just deep denial about the world we live in and how free we really are.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by wiml on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:56PM (#27258008)
It's a form of attempting to disconfirm your beliefs. If it's easy to put together an argument against yourself that you can't rebut, then it's a sign you need to think more. And you can't do that well unless you're in the habit of testing the weaknesses of every appealing new belief.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by tclancy on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:15PM (#27259500)
Oh ... Kay? The thing with that wonderfully high minded approach that seems to get missed: you can do that at home by yourself without involving me by musing out loud in a forum like just maybe you’re smarter than everyone else. You want to check yourself? Do it by yourself.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op... by ruined on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:48PM (#27260666)
that works both directions. speculating about the potential legitimacy of every detail of an extraordinary rendition is not intellectual vigilance, it's simping for state terror and it disconfirms nothing.
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