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[–] [email protected] 107 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 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"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 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.