but eventually, I realized that not only was this the first group of people who made me feel like I had come *home,* but that it was also one of the most welcoming places I'd ever been (IRL or virtual)
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I joined a slack, "rationalist" tumblr, made a few comments on LW and SSC within a few months, I had *friends* some of whom I would eventually count among those I love the most
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this is a community that takes ideas seriously (even when it would be better for their sanity to disengage) this is a community that thinks everyone who can engage with them in sincere good faith might have something useful to say
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this is a community that saw someone writing long, in-depth critiques on the material produced on or adjacent to LW/SSC...and decided that meant he was a friend. I have no prestigious credentials to speak of. I had no connections, was a college dropout, no high-paying job
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I had no particular expertise, a lower-class background than many of the people I met, a Red-Tribe-Evangelical upbringing and all I had to do, to make these new friends, was show up and join the conversation
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Replying to @selentelechia @DanielleFong
I’m genuinely happy for you and I’m glad that you found it an inclusive community as a woman. That said, I’m also 100% sure you are white. Really wonder what your experience with SSC would have been like if you weren’t. I’d encourage you to examine the racism in SSC more closely
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aster Retweeted RationalWiki
Easiest example but there are many many more. https://twitter.com/rationalwiki/status/1275363674090283008?s=21 …https://twitter.com/RationalWiki/status/1275363674090283008 …
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some assholes are there, yes, but have you read the content of themotte? very little of it is bigoted. it's mainly a containment zone for topics that incite controversy most of those topics are not about race. suggest sorting by top: this month, to see the actual posts
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one of the splinter groups having some vocal racists does not make the broader diaspora hateful. to be crude: I don't judge progressive communities by the number of their sexual assault scandals
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Replying to @selentelechia @DanielleFong
It’s not a splinter group? It was part of the main community until outside pressure forced Scott to not associate with them officially. And he still links to them even now?
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imho don't think it was part of the main community. isn't it a good feature of pseudonymous to be able to have looser affiliations, esp over ideas rather than group identities?
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Replying to @DanielleFong @selentelechia
I guess community is ambiguous, what I meant is that it was an active part of the official subreddit that Scott was a moderator of. Scott was more frustrated that people had the gall to mention him than by people advocating genocide.
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that's an absurdist overstatement, imo, mr paid shill for sneerclub.
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