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watwutlast Thursday at 1:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

I prefer cruelty signaling, because there is profound difference between the impact of the two on the world. Insisting on naming things so that "bad thing" and "good thing" are undistinguishable is not neutral, it is biased and favors bad actors.


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oneeyedpigeonlast Thursday at 3:49 PM

Sure, but that's immaterial to this context, which seeks an apolitical term for "says things they don't believe to curry favour".

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nxorlast Thursday at 3:13 PM

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