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unkieptoday at 3:34 PM1 replyview on HN

This sounds like "no true Scotsman..."


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smugtraintoday at 5:59 PM

More like the inverse. No true Scotsman seeks to remove someone from belonging to a group to keep the group pure, because no true member of that group could act in such a way. This is adding people to a group that they would otherwise be excluded from. It seeks to expand the definition of the group to include the outsiders.