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6 days agoThat seems like a biased sample set.
You’re telling me all the people who have had problems with the government think the government is bad? I’m shocked!


That seems like a biased sample set.
You’re telling me all the people who have had problems with the government think the government is bad? I’m shocked!


No, he was referring to Zach Braff’s character from Scrubs.
No, I’m pointing out the concept of sampling bias. There are no doubt valid criticisms of the Iranian government as there are with every government.
When I hear Iranian immigrants on cable news being like “it’s good the U.S. is bombing the homes of people I used to live with” I’m like
“that’s a crazy take”.more precisely “why would someone wish something so horrible on their former neighbor”.Just cause you lived somewhere for a while doesn’t mean you know what is best for the people still living there. It may imply a certain level of knowledge. But those people can still have bad takes --just like Americans can have bad takes about America-- and those bad takes can be biased by the particular experience they have had and that’s worth considering.