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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by semanticist on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:17AM (#37675888)
For your edit: 'honest questions' (which are in fact anything but: the person asking has no interest in the answer, and the question itself is often leading) are a common disruptive tactic used by people (normally pushing extreme right-wing ideologies) to derail a conversation.

I'm sure that you're not doing that here, but unfortunately people with genuinely honest questions have become collateral damage caused by disingenuous actors, especially among people with itchy downvote-trigger-fingers.

Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by the_af on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:34PM (#37677231)
Yeah, I figured, which is why my original question clarified I'm not from Europe (so no vested interest) and that I might be genuinely missing the obvious answer. Which is why I was surprised by the drive-by downvote.

Thankfully people have responded and now I both understand the sentence and they why!

Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by Chris2048 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:37PM (#37678197)
this "are a common tactic" gets a bit old, good way to gatekeep certain topics.

If the same "tactic" is used, why not come up with a good counter? A point stands whether it's being asked disingenuously or not.