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29 Jul 2024 04:16:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: should-see for both evolution skeptics and adherents  
From: andrel
Date: 20 Jan 2014 15:26:01
Message: <52DD8652.4070007@gmail.com>
On 20-1-2014 7:43, Tim Cook wrote:
> On 2014-01-19 04:10, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> And another thing. Every time somebody stands up and defends evolution,
>> they start receiving death threats. When was the last time a good honest
>> Christian received death threats from the scientists for daring to teach
>> Genesis?
>
> This is something I see crop up in a few places, and it makes me wonder:
>   does this argument that the most-victimised party is inherently more
> valid thing have a proper name?  It's a very specific subset of appeal
> to pity, I think.  'X group hasn't been oppressed as much as Y group,
> /therefore/ their position is false (or at least irrelevant).'
>

underdog?

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