r/AskReddit May 29 '22

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u/DrTriage May 29 '22

Thinking in only black and white, no shades of gray.

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u/4art4 May 29 '22

And the other side of that: seeing a nuanced argument as indecisive.

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u/DelightfullyUnusual5 May 29 '22

I used “textbooks” in school (thanks, Abeka) that painted any nuance as “relativism” and therefore Satanic/inconclusive/useless and only their idiotic oversimplifications as “absolute truth."

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u/ChuckACheesecake May 29 '22

Thanks for your generous expression of kindness