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newacct583 on July 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Orthodox Privilege

Statistics are still facts though! They certainly aren't "assumptions".

Udik on July 15, 2020 [–]

True. But it's important to remember that, when talking about any specific individual, statistics don't hold any more.

Every person is different from any other and each deserves to be judged individually.

newacct583 on July 15, 2020 | [–]

There is literally no specific individual discussed anywhere in this subthread...

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