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nilamoyesterday at 6:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

On the otherhand, I greatly appreciate that we don't pretend everyone is 100% awesome all the time. We shouldn't hold people up as role models that we don't want to emulate, and whatnot.


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philipallstaryesterday at 8:32 PM

If we're not pretending everyone is awesome then why permanently deselect certain people as role models?

Brian_K_Whiteyesterday at 9:25 PM

One of them is legit a saint and the other almost as much. They absolutely are role models, and the way they are talked about now is exactly a lesson in the problem. If more people emulated them, the world would be a much better place.

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