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0 pointsheavyset_go1d ago0 comments

You're going to drop a bombshell like "social media is as bad as alcohol and cigarettes, we need to ban it" and not provide any evidence?

There are a lot of strong feelings around social media, and I'm no fan, but I'm not going to walk head first into a moral panic, or participate in witch hunt, without knowing the facts.

In the end, ad hominem arguments don't affect the validity of evidence. I was hoping to have an interesting discussion, but I see that if you aren't politically correct on this topic, evidence will be outright dismissed and the messenger shot for delivering it.

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dgxyz1d ago

I think you went off the rails a bit there. Also hyper focused on a small part of the comment rather than the general issue which is somewhat unfair.

The point was simply things which are costly to society should be taxed. I am not comparing each thing to each other.

dzhiurgis1d ago

It doesn't need a multiple research papers to figure out social media is a complete cesspool tho.

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