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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. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Would depend on the topic, no? What brought this on?

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1

      I'm referring to a general attitude. This thread went on. :)

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      I saw. I wasn't sure if you meant a specific group of ppl or multiple scenarios.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1

      I mean an attitude of resistance which is relevant to the problem, which shows the problem, which is meaningful & effective in contrast to..

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      ..."Arghh! Thoughtcrime! Burn things down. Arrest everyone! Fire them! Shame them! Punch them!'

      2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      Responding in a way which actually shows why the problem is a problem. Use of words, arguments, humour, reductio ad absurdum.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      These things sting and are effective. eg The Tim Hunt thing? A hashtag started #DistractinglySexy which mocked that idea very effectively.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      If Hunt had been serious, lots of people laughing at him cld well have made him embarrassed to say such a thing again.

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      When it turned out he wasn't, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. We'd have been laughing with him. No damage done.

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    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      Instead, he was reduced to tears, contemplated suicide & felt compelled to resign because of the unreasoning rage & demands for punishment.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

      When that happened and I saw the hashtag, I thought 'Yes, they're getting it right. They're making this outdated attitude laughable'.

      2:52 PM - 3 May 2017
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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1

          This is meaningful. People will see the problem. But then the calls for punishment started & a witchhunt & all meaning was lost.

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        3. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 3 May 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          People love a good witch hunt. I often say we haven't changed much in our moral attitude towards people. Few agree with me on this.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 May 2017
          Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1

          I think there have always been moralists and always been humanists. I detest a witchhunt on a visceral level.Feel empathy even for arseholes

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 3 May 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It's what makes you a nice person. But while studying psychology I have seen multiple scenario's where ppl in large groups do horrible

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        6. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 3 May 2017
          Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1 @HPluckrose

          things. On their own they're good people. But in groups they can turn into vicious monsters for a short while to the person persecuted.

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