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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"I'm not implying that taco eaters are responsible for the pandemic, mind you...

But there was always a line around the block at Taco Bell in the early days of the pandemic."

The moment you say "I'm not equating benign X with problematic Y", you immediately put the idea in people's head that X and Y have a strong correlation which serves to further skepticism and judgment of benign X.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If I didn't do that, I would inevitably be accused of equating them. So I explicitly pointed out that I'm noy equating them. If people interpret that there is a strong correlation between the two, despite what I explicitly said, then that's on them. If I hadn't made it clear, then that would be on me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or, and this is just a thought, you just say nothing. That's an option, too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Sure, just like you could have here. But, hypocritically, did not.