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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 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed

      Different point. If shops routinely put such things in boys sections and people routinely moved them, this could change their minds.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @citation_needed

      I see this as better than a) ignoring the problem or b) calling the shop misogynist and demanding it be punished in some way

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    3. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      better to write a letter or send an email to deal with it, instead of being passive-aggressive on social media.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed

      OK, that's a different discussion. We can talk about methods of activism which are most effective.

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    5. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      That's my issue; the only thing this really accomplishes is to make a teenager sigh heavily and put them back.

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed

      If you can be shown to be right, it shouldn't be used as a method. This is a different issue to the one I was addressing.

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    7. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      So we're kind of arguing past each other; I think it's futile and accomplishes nothing, primarily because having worked in such roles…

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    8. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed @HPluckrose

      …I know from experience that these stunts aren't even noticed above the floor staff level, who just put them back.

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    9. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed @HPluckrose

      It's like the fat activists putting plus-sized clothes outside the plus-sized section; a minimum wage worker collects them and puts them…

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    10. Mike‏ @citation_needed 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed @HPluckrose

      …back. Store and supplier policies don't change at all. Do it too many times and they'll notice and ban the person from the store.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Jun 2017
      Replying to @citation_needed

      I can't say any more clearly that I understand you to be saying that you think this type of activism is ineffective. Can we leave it now?

      4:32 PM - 12 Jun 2017
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