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mahina

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8. It's amazing how easy it is to persuade people who don't understand simple things like causation and correlation

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:14 AM

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Just that alone cost us so many lives during Covid from people who wouldn’t get a shot cause they couldn’t tell that the tiny number of fatalities after having taken a shot in a study could’ve been people who got hit by a damn bus.

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Just found a DU forum, Propaganda Debunking. I never noticed it. Very useful resource! [View all] mahina Monday OP

i think that forum is shut down rampartd Monday #1

Definitely dormant but it's open at present. mahina Monday #3

20 Types of Logical Fallacies and Examples no_hypocrisy Monday #2

Man, if more people studied debate we'd have a better country. mahina Monday #4

Thank you for your link. no_hypocrisy Monday #7

It's amazing how easy it is to persuade people who don't understand simple things like causation and correlation mahina Monday #8

Mutual admiration. no_hypocrisy Monday #9

"You can't post in this forum because it is a read-only archive." progree Monday #5

Thanks mahina Monday #6