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    1. Naval‏ @naval Mar 18
      Replying to @AustenAllred @pmarca

      Intolerant minorities create mobs on the offense. Centrists just want to get along and don’t rally on the defense. @nntaleb explained why outrage mobs and political correctness are systemic:https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 …

      5 replies 28 retweets 146 likes
    2. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
      Replying to @naval @dan_talmon and

      What makes the minorities more or less intolerant than the majority other than fewer people agree? Conversely, there’s plenty of history to show majorities can be pretty intolerant.

      1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
    3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
      Replying to @stevesi @naval and

      I think for too long we completely disregarded minorities, and now we’re so tuned in that we risk taking marching orders from relative extremists. Pendulum swing? Hard to say

      1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
    4. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
      Replying to @AustenAllred @naval and

      I suppose you can make any case by picking the right historic examples but I can’t imagine things are worse now than “ever before”.

      3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. Naval‏ @naval Mar 18
      Replying to @stevesi @AustenAllred and

      Social media makes it easier to organize mobs.

      2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
    6. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
      Replying to @naval @AustenAllred and

      Or easier to bring together minorities to cause action. Was Arab Spring a mob?

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
      Replying to @stevesi @naval and

      By definition yes. Not all mobs are bad - the edges of the bell curve are much more powerful. That can be great, too

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    8. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
      Replying to @AustenAllred @naval and

      The whole idea that one can easily define good and bad “mobs” is awkward at best. Women protesting to vote would almost certainly have qualified as a mob. Civil rights movement as well.

      1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
    9. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
      Replying to @stevesi @naval and

      Are you arguing all mobs are good? That seems unlikely. So then it’s questioning ability to discern good vs bad. MLK led a mob, so did Hitler.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
      Replying to @AustenAllred @naval and

      I am just saying the notion of “intolerant minorities” is also the root of most social change that is viewed as a positive. I am not very supportive of the idea that groups of unpopular minority opinions should be “muted” because in today’s context they are not viewed positively.

      2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
      Replying to @stevesi @naval and

      I don’t think anyone would disagree with that. It’s a double edged sword.

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        2. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
          Replying to @AustenAllred @stevesi and

          But on Twitter where you’re punished for stepping on toes it’s extraordinarily difficult to navigate

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Mar 18
          Replying to @AustenAllred @naval and

          It was exactly like that in college talking about divesting from South Africa or in grad school debating LGBT civil rights. Online brings the problem of anonymity and ability for people to say things they would not say in person.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
          Replying to @stevesi @naval and

          You’re arguing against a point no one has made. No one has said minority viewpoints are bad. The point is that when huge amounts of powerful minority groups listen to everything you say and punish you if/when they think you’re wrong it becomes not worth it to share your thoughts

          2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 18
          Replying to @AustenAllred @stevesi and

          In other words, the risk of being wrong or perceived as wrong is just too great

          0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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        2. Trevor McKendrick‏Verified account @TrevMcKendrick Mar 18
          Replying to @AustenAllred @stevesi and

          the good mobs are the ones you agree with (at bottom it's a debate about values)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Michael Serunian‏ @mserunian Mar 18
          Replying to @TrevMcKendrick @AustenAllred and

          The foundations of politics are always values, yet values are rarely discussed or debated.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Michael Serunian‏ @mserunian Mar 18
          Replying to @mserunian @TrevMcKendrick and

          It’s why it’s hard for me to engage in politics. Debating a policy before debating the underlying values is so obviously unproductive.

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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