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		jrsj on Nov 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gleam: a type safe language on the Erlang VM Only if you take it literally which you would only do if you were entirely ignorant of American politics or deliberately hiding behind this interpretation to pretend you aren’t actually taking about a broad % of the population

omginternets on Nov 9, 2023 [–]

This rhetorical tactic has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy

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