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Re:Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuas... by jack_tripper on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:19AM (#46145921)
>“Nuh-uh, you’re stupid,”

You're acting in bad faith now, by trying to draw a parallel on how calling someone clueless (meaning lacking in certain knowledge on the topic) is the same as calling someone stupid which is a blatant insult I did not use.

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Re:Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuas... by lurk2 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:28AM (#46145982)
> meaning lacking in certain knowledge on the topic

Clueless has a pejorative connotation. I am struggling to imagine how anyone would read a comment like:

> because most people are as clueless as you about the reality of how things work

and not interpret it to be pejorative.

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