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Comment by pjc50

No, she's just a racist. Motivated reasoning is an incredibly strong force.

(It's very tempting to regard people we strongly disagree with as insane, but it's a mistake that both impairs dealing with actual mental illness compassionately and fighting them politically. She's perfectly rational and sane, she's just reasoning from a set of beliefs and emotional values that you find abhorrent)

parent pjc50 5 years ago

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