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Re:Individuals prefer to harm their own group rather than he... by Spivak on Friday December 02, 2022 @09:48AM (#33831115)
If you say, “you’re a white man and therefore you must like Weezer” that’s the prejudice you’re describing. But if you say white men like Weezer you see how that’s an entirely different statement, right?

One is the behavior of an individual ant, one is describing the colony.

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Re:Individuals prefer to harm their own group rather than he... by thegrimmest on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:44AM (#33832013)
> white men like Weezer

This is exactly wrong though - do a majority of white men like Weezer? The right thing to say is "People who like Weezer are overwhelmingly white" (assuming it's true of course).

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