I have been complimented on my patience with people who either can't or won't have reasonable conversations but I think it might be dying.
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You can tell this kind of person whether left-wing, right-wing, religious or non-religious. It's not about the views but the attitude.
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In conversations before abt what makes an 'SJW', I've disagreed with people who say its a set of extreme beliefs.
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People can hold them but sincerely & be prepared to discuss them honestly & argue for them & listen to counterviews with aim to understand
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What makes the 'type' that we're all so sick of is the refusal to do any of that but twist, distort & yell 'bigot' at people.
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But at least they are identifiable by everyone else. Far worse, I think, are the 'intellectual defenders of narratives' who seem reasonable.
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Academics, intellectuals, general well-read,brainy people who simply refuse to understand simple counterarguments to their favoured position
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I encounter these a lot. They manage to have long, civil, seemingly reasonable conversations in which they seem to address them but don't.
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They pick something close to the problem raised but not the problem raised & rationalise why it's not really a problem.
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This sleight of hand looks very much like addressing the problem unless youre very clear on the nature of the problem &makes it harder to be
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It's essentially sophisticated, evasive apologism for a problem they don't want to break down honestly & it makes me incandescent with rage.
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Because they should know better. If you have much knowledge of a topic & a brain capable of sophisticated analysis, do it properly.
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