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by IncRnd 1916 days ago
> "Force" is a strawman

No. It was the literal word that was used not a strawman, which is an intentionally misrepresented proposition meant to be debunked.

"Seems to me that the mere existence of the slider would _force_ people to share less misinformation"

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Oh, you are correct. It seems that mcBesse chose their wording extremely poorly there, as "force" is indeed indefensible. I apologize for misreading that.