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Re:The lab-leak theory: inside the fight to uncover Covid-19... by alentist on Friday June 04, 2021 @12:26AM (#27390538)
> That's like saying "The child was murdered by a Black man," vs "The child was murdered by a man wearing a hoodie and a scar on his left cheek."

Why do you think the latter is more "to the point" than the former?

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Re:The lab-leak theory: inside the fight to uncover Covid-19... by chrischen on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:09AM (#27390805)
That wasn't meant to be an example of a more on-point variant. It was meant as an example of a different set of potentially arbitrary details to focus on that changes the perceptions and associations. It works to associate hoodies, scars, and left cheeks with murderers.
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