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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29

      Seriously, never be afraid to block someone. Every bit of knowledge, interesting argument, alternative viewpoint held by someone with a shitty attitude will be held by someone without.

      13 replies 11 retweets 121 likes
    2. BI‏ @BIofGG May 29
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Do you feel confident enough in being able to differentiate alternative viewpoints from shitty attitudes?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. (((The Rambler)))‏ @NevTheRambler May 29
      Replying to @BIofGG @HPluckrose

      It's not always what you say, but how you say it.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. BI‏ @BIofGG May 29
      Replying to @NevTheRambler @HPluckrose

      Yeah, sorry, but I've seen too many times people blocking over opinions to believe it's healthy to encourage people to not speak to each other. It's really easy to say "I'm open minded, it's just that he was mean".

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. (((The Rambler)))‏ @NevTheRambler May 29
      Replying to @BIofGG @HPluckrose

      I agree with your sentiments, though I think Helen's point here was blocking because of attitude should be possible and still maintain heterodoxy. Hopefully, other people with a healthier attitude are around to air the same or similar opinions without the vitriol.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
      Replying to @NevTheRambler @BIofGG

      Precisely. Don't waste time trying to have a productive convo with rude or dishonest people when you could be talking about the same things with reasonable & sincere people. This is something people have been telling me for years & I've been bad at it. Got to do it.

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    7. BI‏ @BIofGG May 29
      Replying to @HPluckrose @NevTheRambler

      We will have to profoundly disagree then. My prediction is that at some point you will ask yourself "how could X have happened?" And your surprise should not be forgivable, nor distress passed injustice.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
      Replying to @BIofGG @NevTheRambler

      Don't know what the last bit means but I'll live with the consequences of blocking anyone who can't have a reasoned & civil conversation/disagreement. I co-wrote this about it.https://areomagazine.com/2018/04/07/freedom-of-speech-and-the-fallacy-of-demanding-to-be-heard/ …

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    9. BI‏ @BIofGG May 29
      Replying to @HPluckrose @NevTheRambler

      I'll give it a read after work. That being said what I'm referring is this: https://www.google.es/amp/s/www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/world/america/091116/us-elections-shock-tears-in-clinton-camp-as-trump-surges-ahead.html?source=images … my impression is that people will take your advice as an excuse to not listen and isolate themselves. These people tears are due to that.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
      Replying to @BIofGG @NevTheRambler

      No-one can take any of my words as advice not to listen and isolate themselves. I argue the opposite frequently &, in fact, my own followers are widely diverse. Honest people can tell the difference between people disagreeing with them & people being dishonest or abusive jerks.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose @BIofGG @NevTheRambler

          I also talked about this here: https://conatusnews.com/twitter-productive-conversation/ … It's easy to both have widely ideologically diverse Twitter conversations AND refuse to engage with abusive or dishonest people by simply understanding the difference between disagreeing & being a timewasting arsehole.pic.twitter.com/9olw5l0aA8

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose @BIofGG @NevTheRambler

          Honestly, if I set up an echo chamber in which what is echoed is not ideas but civility and reasonableness in the presence of different ideas, I will be quite happy with that.

          2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose @BIofGG @NevTheRambler

          I wrote here about the value of arguing with ideological extremists (although I no longer think the concept of the 'centre' is ideal) and I still believe in that. However, I am no longer engaging with random dishonest, snarky or abusive tweeters.https://areomagazine.com/2016/12/14/the-value-of-arguing-with-extremists-building-a-moderate-center/ …

          2 replies 3 retweets 11 likes
        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          There's just too many of them, they don't deserve my time or attention & they just get in the way of productive conversation. I think Twitter would be a much better place if we all prioritised our attention to those at least trying to be civil, reasonable & honest.

          3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
        6. Harold Weaver Smith‏ @hws5mp May 29
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Or to put it another way, a way that I was told about five minutes after getting on the internet over a decade ago, DON'T FEED THE TROLLS....

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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