Maybe it annoys people to claim that implicit bias is pervasive, and maybe pointing this out actually causes more racist behavior. Regardless, I want to know: is it *true*? If it’s true, researchers should be allowed to point it out.
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Replying to @jttiehen
I wrote a thread which explains what *I* am talking about. I can only ask you to read it and respond only to what I have said. Perhaps you are detecting hidden meaning advocating limiting researchers on their topics of study but I cannot be held responsible for them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I thought you were objecting to the claim “all white people are racist,” but looking back at our thread I see you don’t object to it explicitly. So maybe I misunderstood...
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Replying to @jttiehen @HPluckrose
And I thought you were saying that the epistemological you mention make claims that are at least roughly in this vicinity. So I thought you were objecting to these epistemologists on that basis. But you don’t explicitly say you object to them, so maybe I misunderstood.
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Replying to @jttiehen
My focus is different to your focus. I make no claims about whether it is true or false to say that all white people are racist. This will depend on the definition of racist & rigorous research into it. I am talking about the rights of people to their own thoughts.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
This is now an entirely separate point from the argument I was advancing above, but I think I also am skeptical that people have “rights to their own thoughts,” at least on one disambiguation of this phrase. But I’m not sure you’re interest so I won’t push that line here.
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Replying to @jttiehen
If you don't follow me & you don't read my stuff & you are working from a completely different angle to my ethical/cultural/political one, u will not know the context of my arguments which are rooted in universal liberalism & empiricism. I cannot cover this much ground in tweets
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Replying to @HPluckrose @jttiehen
It is quite possible that we could have a very good conversation if we agreed on which category we are talking in first and looked at one argument from one angle having ensured we are, in fact, talking about the same thing. I also think it matters primarily what is true.
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But in this thread, I am speaking to a very specific aspect of the culture wars and a disagreement between two kinds of liberals on the most ethical & productive way to reduce racism in society which also includes differences on freedom of speech & belief & conception of society.
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