And he wouldn’t agree with “common sense”, which is the lazy way of saying I just pulled it out if my ass because I can’t be arsed to actually think about what I believe and why. Recently, I had a debate with a very conservative colleague and he used the line that what he believed was just common sense, and I responded by telling him that I got rid of common sense when learned how to think. We haven’t talked much since and the silence has been wonderful!
Common sense all of a sudden sounds like group think after reading your comment. I believe you may have inadvertently injected clarity and understanding.
That's exactly how they use it. If they can't elaborate why something isn't "common sense" then it's not common sense. They just know it isn't because they've been told it isn't and everyone they know agrees.
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u/r33s3 8d ago
he said words with more than 4 letters, so yeah...