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swebs on Sept 12, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: EA reportedly under criminal investigation in Belg...

Who specifically? You're just building a strawman to attack, while framing it as us-vs-them.

Comments like these lower the quality of discussion by removing nuance and pushing people into tribalism.

s73v3r_ on Sept 12, 2018 | [–]

I don't think it counts as a "strawman" if it's reflecting the way reality actually is, and shows a huge hole in their philosophy.

xg15 on Sept 13, 2018 | [–]

How would a more nuanced counter-argument look?

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