• macarthur_park@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “directionally correct” is a fun euphemism for “false, unless you assume some insane slippery slope argument”.

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      2 months ago

      more like “it isn’t true, but it feels like the kind of thing that would be true about the people I don’t like”

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      2 months ago

      It means that it doesn’t have to be true if it targets people they love to hate.

      Tell the masses what they want to hear.

      Directionally correct.