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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
There was a valid questioning of why the poll was generated and kept active for so long even though the numbers pretty much took their final form after the first week. In response to that you concocted this ridiculous example in which people who supported keeping the thread are implicitly linked to those supporting slavery. That link is there regardless of how much you preface your scenario, and that's what RyZ was taking issue with.
There are (were) good arguments to be made for getting rid of the thread, none of which involve reaching for over the top parallels to slavery or any other real world example of minority oppression.
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MarchHare made no comparison between people supporting thread and people supporting slavery.
The point was that sometimes the results of a poll don't dictate right and wrong. Reaching in order to distort that point and make it less relevant does nothing to benefit anyone.
It's still a very good point, and a very good argument, even with a few people purposely distorting the point.