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3. Yale can't recognize a shallow hack when they see one

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:30 PM

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He has no depth of thought, just writes what he thinks "rings true" that is often gross overgeneralizations and stereotypes.

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just a different place to spread the bothsideserism bullshit. NewHendoLib Friday #4

Bothesideserism with a very strong bias toward the right. Martin68 Friday #16

Sure is. NewHendoLib Friday #18

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I guess Yale has lower standards than the NYT fujiyamasan Yesterday #20