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Re:We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human excepti... by Voultapher on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @06:06AM (#44960462)
Congratulation you discovered the "very useful" argument "You are part of society so you can't criticize it".
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Re:We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human excepti... by southernplaces7 on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @09:07AM (#44961605)
Of course you can criticize elements of society while being a part of the whole. What makes you a hypocrite is when you lecture others on some aspect of their conduct in society while yourself being directly complicit in the exact same thing, only in slightly different ways.
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