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I’m honestly not sure what he means. I may disagree with most, but I’m just surprised about people stopping reading when they hear something they disagree with.

It’s not even the central point of the article.

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It's stopping reading at a sentence dripping with pseudo intellectualism. When writers try too hard to sound intelligent and erudite it's off-putting, and a "bullshit" indicator.

I agree that it puts me off as well but it's also feels a bit like a no true Scotsman fallacy. If we're always on the lookout for "bad words" then we will eventually set up impossible standards for how we speak.

Yeah this is a major problem in the political landscape overall. Like for example refusing to read anything by conservatives just because you happen to disagree with them on abortion issues. You're going to be a) missing out on a lot of insights and b) even worse, create a divide where you can't even understand the other side anymore just because you outright refuse to hear them out.

I tripped on that sentence myself but continued reading since it seemed like a minor point to the actual story and I wasn't disappointed.

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