I have no opinion on Sam Kriss but agree it is *essential* not to fan the fire even when ppl responsible for building it get caught in it.https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/921285742990643200 …
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It's easy to unintentionally validate the rules of a game you think very wrongheaded by holding the holders to them & it feels fair to do so
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OK, that's confusing. I mean there's a natural temptation to hold our 'enemies' responsible for hypocrisy against their own standards BUT
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This risks supporting those standards when what we really want to do is show that they were bad ones to have in the first place.
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There is value in showing that something doesn't work even by its own standards as long as you don't unwittingly also defend those standards
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eg Claim that cultural appropriation is hurtful to minority cultural groups can be responded to by evidence that most members think its fine
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But then you have to be careful you are not supporting the cultural relativism & identitarianism that underlies this authoritarian impulse.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I agree with this thread in general except that in Sam's case he has already responded to the allegations and basically confirmed them...
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I said I don't have an opinion on him. He may agree he was in the wrong. He may be right to think so.
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