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by nebulousthree 1125 days ago
I agree that the expression is tired but it is not wrong. The context has changed.
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The argument goes:

Premise 1) Person came up with Idea.

Premise 2) I do not like Person.

Conclusion) I do not like Idea.

It's not actually a good argument against Idea, it's just a preference.

You are absolutely right, even though you were downvoted at least three times in under a minute for some reason.
Probably, assuming you upvoted. The comment was at -1 when I read this.