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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

He never claimed to be an absolutist. He never planned in allowing things like vioent threats, for example.

And he's right about those terms - they are used as slurs to shut down discussion. It's a quick and easy way to belittle someone and trivialize their argument.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

He never claimed to be an absolutist.

Here he is making that exact claim in 2022 before deleting it once it became inconvenient

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