Uh, I got some criticism for tweeting this quote, possibly deserved as it is quite a provocative quote...https://twitter.com/christianjbdev/status/883757733694099461 …
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If we have bad ideas coming at us left, right & centre, we are energised, as it says, to think, evaluate, counter, concede, refute.
Well, no shortage of bad ideas here on Twitter, but I think this was written before Twitter was even a thing.
Yes, wasn't thinking of Twitter particularly. But, as he says, if we got rid of all prejudices, it'd just mean we had the same ones.
I like very bad ideas coz they make me think through the problems with them & clarify principles in my mind which apply more widely.
Just don't want them to be popular.
Many have argued that the left lost the ability to make arguments coz it won the cultural war & is now paying the price of that.
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