• grue@lemmy.worldOPM
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    17 hours ago

    Acknowledging that a concept is complicated is different from being opposed to it. You deciding to interpret the statement the latter way instead of the former is your own problem, not theirs.

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      16 hours ago

      They literally say:

      “Now the whole idea of independence is a messy social construct with a bunch of issues that I won’t get into right now.”

      (Emphasis mine). They are not just saying, “it’s complicated.” They literally use the word “issues.”

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        15 hours ago

        Yeah. And “issues” means “issues,” which is not the same as “bad.”