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I don’t think so. It’s not that no true Scotsmen are idiots, it’s just that the idiots are not representative. Maybe 10% of Scotsmen are idiots. The other 90% are fine.

The idiots are just very loud on social media.




This is a soft form of the same argument. Whatever may be the proportion of those people, the community still has to own up to it if this portion exists.


the community still has to own up to it

Why? For what purpose are you burdening 90% of True Scotsmen with an obligation of your choosing?


Because it's a part of their community and each community needs to take care of its own problems.




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