I think one of my recurring questions re: the BLM stuff, is that support for what's going on is obviously coming from some deep lack of interest in truth or rigorous analysis. Is this a new thing, or has it always been there and is now just showing up?
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BLM has surpassed a certain threshold of societal momentum; now all sorts, both pro and anti, are trying to attach their baggage to it. Be careful about analysing this phenomena as a monolithic entity.
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True - but the thing that feels concretely worrying are the changes things like large platforms or social media personalities are making. Reddit changed their terms of service where rules apply differently if you're a minority or a majority, for example.
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Would describe self as BLM-sympathetic, but not sympathetic to calls to "shut down academia" etc. Haven't polled my friends, but could, and suspect many would agree. Is the claim that shutdownstem (&etc) is widely supported among pro-BLM? My instinct is this is peripheral.
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Yeah I don't think it's central, but it's an example of something that's coming out of the movement, and I bet you if you went to the protestors and showed them that page, at least 40% would express support for it.
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A couple of random people on the internet aren't representative of the millions who support a social movement. You can find crazy people supporting any sufficiently large cause as a product of sheer statistics
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