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		bregma on Aug 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and... Citing a source doesn't make your message unbiased. There is a saying "even the devil can quote scripture."

bduerst on Sept 4, 2019 [–]

And then even the devil gets pointed out how they used the scripture wrong. The point being that the data itself is addressed, rather than just ad hom'ing the devil.

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