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A comment on C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologize for Remarks. Parent comment

Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by fauigerzigerk on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:40AM (#9706147)
That's right, but what's special about this particular conflict is that otherwise reasonable and intelligent people take completely absurd positions that they would never take in any other conflict.
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Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by redthrowaway on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:16AM (#9706378)
Politics, religion, and sports are pretty good ways to bring out the same craziness. It's about tribalism: identifying with a particular group united against the Other is a pretty effective way to short circuit reason.
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