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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday March 21, 2013 @08:02AM (#5414446)
"wrong", "erroneous", "false" are strong terms (IMHO, far too strong) for someone having a different perspective and history of dealing with such comments. And IMHO it is productive to try to understand these perspectives.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by metaphorm on Thursday March 21, 2013 @10:52AM (#5415394)
a person's perspective is not a free pass on matters of factuality. a fact is a fact, regardless of any person's perspective.

you may be right that we should try to understand why a person has developed a false understanding of reality, but we should not accept that their own misunderstanding of facts in any way makes their false beliefs into truths.

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