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		jacalata on Nov 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor ... How can those both be logically true? 'y is x, and y is worse than x'?

jamesaguilar on Nov 16, 2013 | [–]

Y is in set X, and Y is worse than the typical member of the set X.

steveklabnik on Nov 15, 2013 | [–]

I wasn't writing in a strictly logical sense. "These people are worse than your run-of-the-mill fascists" or "these are the worst fascists" is something that's formulated in a way that sounds less contradictory.

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