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It’s a reasonable question when the comment contradicts the headline, the article, and the decision.

It’s not some minor detail in the article.

Your comment is accusatory but not adding anything. A single random quote from a large decision with no context or discussion about the larger case doesn’t contribute the way it would if you wrote some original argument of your own based on your understanding of the original case and the appeal.

There’s an entire article, with a plain headline, backing up what I stated.

The degree of motivating reasoning involved here is astonishing.

Yes, we all read the article. What value does copying and pasting a paragraph add?

The headline omits important details. Do you really trust the media to accurately summarize this issue in a few words?

I read the ruling myself, and the NYT accurately summarized it.

Your summary, by contrast, is deeply, patently, and obviously wrong to such a degree that I must assume bad faith.

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