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That's not the point -- it's symmetric. Replace "hardliners" with "conciliators", if you like.

The point is that what people can say publicly is often much less than what they might concede privately.

This causes deadlocks, and offers griefers the ability to scuttle publicly-made plans.

UPDATE> > Without knowing what they talk about, how can you know that?

Essentially, they'll talk differently if they know everyone's listening, so that information is not as useful as you think.




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