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Igel

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9. And when shooting started, the situation changed.

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:41 PM

Jul 2016

Same for the black guy with the gun in Dallas. He walked around for quite a while with no problem. No harassment. No arrest.

But when the shooting started, the situation changed.

The problem with imperfect analogies is that analogies are only good to the extent that what's described is analogical. When the two situations veer apart, the analogy stops holding. Spotting that requires analytical clarity. Emotion and advocacy get in the way of that.

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