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		jlokier 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits dif... To my mind, "think of the children" is something I've only ever seen as a motivating force of anti-liberal politics. With liberals saying the "think of the children" argument is a specious, misdirecting, crude appeal to emotion that should be looked past.

stinkbeetle 8 months ago [–]

Yeah that's what I thought too until recently, this being one such example from 50 years ago which I why I commented on it. I just found it funny that it's always been around, despite the dogma that it's a uniquely "conservative" thing.

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