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		helge9210 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly The pattern "I used to be [...] fan, but\|however\|... because of [...] I'm not anymore" is like em dash in the world of propaganda.

EdwardDiego 7 months ago [–]

Or, wild idea, people change their opinions based on new information. The propagandist monsters!

helge9210 7 months ago | [–]

Expressing new opinion is OK. Expressing a change of opinion in the format "Before ..., but now opposite after ..." smells like propaganda.

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