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Re:Notes on Nationalism (1945) by sangnoir on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:47PM (#30582823)
> I want people to be able to call bullshit when it is.

If only there was a universal catalog of "bullshit" things. Since there isn't, it's common for those out of tune with the majority in one aspect to dislike their opinions being called out as bullshit, subjectively.

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Re:Notes on Nationalism (1945) by systemvoltage on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:40PM (#30596517)
Claim: 1+2 = 4

Me: Bullshit!

It’s called logic and reasoning.

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Re:Notes on Nationalism (1945) by sangnoir on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:54PM (#30617761)
Not leaving room for nuance is bullshit. As an example, for manufacturing engineering, "1 + 2 = 4" may be well within the tolerances. So, it being bullshit depends on the error bars (I get it, some people don't believe in the existence of error bars)
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