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tjwebbnorfolktoday at 5:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Looking at things from multiple perspectives and trying to see validity in each point of view is a virtue, not a vice. I really hate that "both-sides" has become a copy-paste insult by ideologues.


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crazygringotoday at 6:40 PM

It's a virtue when there is validity to both sides.

But it's extremely harmful when there isn't.

"Alice says murder is bad, while Bob says murder is a fun and healthy recreational activity. Trying to see validity in each point of view is a virtue, not a vice." See, it doesn't work.

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