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False pretexts are a subset of pretexts. It's only circular if you are not precise with the logic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijection,_injection_and_surje...



Perhaps you should have written your initial interjection with the same precision you now seek to apply. Since it was written in English, I invite you to reflect on how it might be received by the unwary reader.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question


Your logic falls apart, if the initial set != the 2nd set.


It's not my fault you wrote your message out the way you did, although you have subsequently edited it. You are worried about some future pretextual censorship whose existence you presume, I am worried about actually existing threats made in the recent past and present.

Or to put it in very simplistic terms so that there is no misunderstanding, I am more worried about people who want to promote or engage in genocidal behavior than I am about missing out on possible future contributions to society from genocide enthusiasts who had difficulty reaching a sufficiently wide audience.




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