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I know your comment is mostly in good faith, but I wish people considered whether it's worth it to use terms like "right wing commentators" instead of the simpler "commentators".

The "right wing" label will just shun around half of Americans from taking your comment in good faith. Is the point to snark or to convince people to change their minds?

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I sat with your comment, and here's the thing: if there are "left wing" commentators saying that these tariffs make sense or that America can spin up a manufacturing economy in a few weeks "or just stop buying stuff", I haven't seen/found/heard them.

In other words, it's a genuine false equivalency, at least in this case.

I am most definitely not suggesting that all left-leaning commentators are smart or good-faith actors. The left gets plenty wrong.

However, if you're going to force me to take a side on who is currently winning at stupid, I suppose my cards are on the table.

As if you could say anything to convince those people…

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