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taeric • today at 8:30 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Too many people fall on the confusion between justifications, explanations, and excuses. In particular, it can be hard to find what moves something from one to the other of those terms for a lot of people. It often blurs between perspectives, agreed enemies, agreed allies, and inclusion or omission of extra details.


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tptacek • today at 8:57 PM

I think the story is especially clear in Iran, though.