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I don’t think real life is that squeaky clean, though.

Humans are emotional creatures. We don’t (usually) operate logically. The identity of the arguer and our perception of them (e.g. as a bot or not) plays a role in how we perceive the argument.

On top of that, there are situations where the identity of an arguer changes the intent of the argument. Consider, as a thought experiment, a know jewel thief arguing that locked doors should be illegal.



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