It's v difficult to make analogies on Twitter. Ppl always point out that things I'm comparing in one way are different in other ways.
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Usually ppl making analogies are doing it on purpose rather than mistakenly thinking two things are identical.
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So if someone makes an analogy between, say, privilege theory & the Christian concept of original sin, look at the similarities claimed...
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And agree or disagree with that, rather than pointing out the differences in origin, location, impact on society, demographic affected etc.
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(It was James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian who made that analogy, btw)
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They are! And yet some people will miss the point & go on about them arising in different historical & geographical locations.
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Or it could be something completely different. Some people just don't get how analogies work.
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