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		amadeuspagel 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thought-Terminating Cliché So a cliché is thought-terminating when it is intentionally used to dissent?

layer8 18 days ago [–]

You missed the “only”. The article states having one of the three as a necessary condition, not as a sufficient one.

amadeuspagel 18 days ago | [–]

But the intention to dissent can be what makes a cliché thought-terminating?

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