US immigration enforcement used AI-powered tool to scan posts derogatory to US

Re:US immigration enforcement used AI-powered tool to scan p... by zht on Friday October 27, 2023 @02:27PM (#38042082)

I hate this kind of reasoning. It comes up a lot

“My wife is a would-be immigrant so I am sympathetic”

Or sometimes

“My partner is half X So I understand discrimination against X”

Or even sometimes

“I am in category Y so there’s no way I can hate people in category Y”

I don’t think that line of reasoning makes sense. People often times carve out mental exemptions for people close to them that they care about, not for everyone in the same category. Further more, it is totally possible to love a person but not every quality about them. Also just because you are close to someone doesn’t mean you understand entirely their struggles

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Re:US immigration enforcement used AI-powered tool to scan p... by cko on Friday October 27, 2023 @03:20PM (#38042711)

What would you call this? Inverse ad hominem?

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Re:US immigration enforcement used AI-powered tool to scan p... by KMag on Friday October 27, 2023 @03:43PM (#38042992)

I intentionally didn't draw a causative link between my wife being a would-be immigrant and my being sympathetic. It's supporting evidence, not a causal relation.

It's preemptive defense against inevitable knee-jerk "you're anti-immigrant" ad hominem attacks. I wish I didn't feel the need to preempt such diversions, but that's the world in which we live.

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Re:US immigration enforcement used AI-powered tool to scan p... by fennecbutt on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:20PM (#38064635)

Yeah as a gay dude I see this frequently in peeps "I used to hate gays until I found out my daughter was a lesbian". Sure it's nice for people to realise they were wrong, but it would sure be swell to skip all of the hate in between, for everyone involved.

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