The American Left's Authoritarian Turn
5 years ago
20/05/2008
D'oh!
People often use the assertion "that's a stereotype" as synonymous with "that's not true". What in fact they are saying is "that's likely to be true".
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Funnily enough, at the age of 11yrs, I had a big falling out with my secondary school English teacher over that point - my asserting that stereotypes tend to reflect reality, and certainly don't imply falsity.
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