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> Good writer

I would posit that when you write hit pieces (either for your own convictions or money), you are not a good writer.



You might be a good writer anyways, just one who is wrong or did not understand the situation.

If we required writers to be right all the time they'd fail at that like anyone else.


You are moving the goalposts - I did not call for this.


No, there are very good writers who write hitpieces. If you want to make moral judgements maybe they're not good people, but writing a hitpiece doesn't make you a bad writer.


You moved the goalposts again.

And it turns out we disagree :)




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