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@lindsey@recurse.social @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz ​That was really helpful!

Unfortunately, since then I've mainly seen it used as an excuse for loud voices to drown out the quiet ("well, if I can't state this opinion forcefully it's not a real conversation") or to justify a lack of due diligence/research ("well, I have a gut feel so I'll just go for that strongly until someone else does the work to point out why it's a really stupid idea - but it was weakly held so I don't need to feel any guilt!")

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[@lindsey@recurse.social](https://recurse.social/users/lindsey) [@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz](https://mathstodon.xyz/users/johncarlosbaez) ​That was really helpful!

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Unfortunately, since then I've mainly seen it used as an excuse for loud voices to drown out the quiet ("well, if I can't state this opinion forcefully it's not a real conversation") or to justify a lack of due diligence/research ("well, I have a gut feel so I'll just go for that strongly until _someone else_ does the work to point out why it's a really stupid idea - but it was weakly held so I don't need to feel any guilt!")