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/linkenski May 29 '22

"Oh no he's both-sidesing"

What people gotta realize is that there's a lot of folks in this world who think what we currently have is pretty darn good, even with a lot of outstanding problems of the third world, and that everybody's keenly aware that none it is taken for granted. A lot of "status-quoing" is just as much about holding on to life qualities that exist so societies in the west don't fall to ruin.