This very bizarre phenomenon keeps happening where people think in clusters of ideas and so don't respond to what you have actually said but pick something else in the cluster and argue with that.
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The most extreme example of this was when I said I was not convinced the earnings gap was caused by men doing more dangerous jobs than women and someone responded angrily that I didn't care about women's rights under Islam.
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It was because they associated scepticism of a particular non-sexist explanation for the wage gap with a whole set of views held by western intersectional feminists and it seemed perfectly reasonable to them to select any of those views to argue with.
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This is tribal thinking. There's also another one I am being hit with right now a lot. The argument that it is suspicious that I am only critical of extreme views and if I were a sincere critic I should really criticise the reasonable ideas of that same group.
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Because people think in terms of tribes and think that an attack on the worst ideas of a tribe while agreeing with the best ones is inconsistent rather than an indication that someone is engaging, not with tribes, but with ideas.
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They see it as "attacking low hanging fruit" if I am critical of extreme identitarian movements on the left but don't make a reasoned argument against universal healthcare. This assumes that I really just want to attack the left and am going for what is easiest.
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I'll be told that if I were sincere I'd steelman the ideas on the left by going for the best ones and ignoring the worst ones. The idea that I'd like the left to focus on its best ideas and weed out the worst ones coz I want it to win is not even considered.
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My list of muted people is over 150 at this point. Sooner or later you just have to let them yell into the abyss for your own sanity.
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I think we need to create apps for both your phone and your PC that block access to the twitter IP addresses for several hours at a time - you might get a little more work done
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The mute button is a gift from God
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"Engaging your audience on social media is a great way to build that community of fans for your brand."
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Oops, forgot the /sarcasm tag
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Well, if it’s any comfort to you, you may have me reconsidering the whole ‘female brain trapped in a male body’ notion. A student of mine once said “but there’s only 3 genders - male, female and other.” ‘Other’ is worth considering.
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Other isn't a gender and had no biological basis. If you would like to present a new theory, you need new evidence.
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Many of these people have very low IQ and intentionally abandon basic logic - not worth your time or emotional energy. They represent a tiny minority of the population thankfully. In daily life I can balance even the most diluded people in 15mins with logic.
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way too rational for this place
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