• hglman@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    But it is not safe to make that assumption. It’s wildly dangerous to label evil as stupid. Giving evil people an in is how we get to where we are.

    • Shard@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I was just explaining to the commenter above what was meant by the saying. I never said it was correct in all situations.

      If you have an issue with the saying, you’re free to give Robert j. Halon your feedback.

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        11 months ago

        Unfortunately you are also responsible for what you say and do.

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      11 months ago

      It’s called Hanlon’s razor, a take on Occam’s razor, the unstated part is “all else being equal”.