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Re:Thought-Terminating Cliché by pjc50 on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:03PM (#28248447)
> A crazy person also believes/believed X.

This is more a form of spam filtering; given finite intellectual effort, strangers who talk about certain subjects get ruled out of consideration. Just as sending a lot of mail about Cialis will get your IP on a list.

Re:Thought-Terminating Cliché by miteyironpaw on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:18PM (#28248654)
Isn't spam filtering a large part of what these clichés are used for, or at least what the people using them think they're for? e.g. "That's just your opinion." "Now is not the time." "Here we go again."