Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
HPluckrose's profile
Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose
@HPluckrose

Tweets

Helen Pluckrose

@HPluckrose

Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

London.
areomagazine.com/author/hpluckr…
Joined August 2011

Tweets

  • © 2018 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

    If you're ever tempted to think people overstate the power of postmodern ideas of knowledge, truth, power & identity because so few people have studied these, think of how much influence Christianity & Islam etc can have in a culture where only a tiny % of ppl study theology.

    6:32 AM - 15 Feb 2018
    • 32 Retweets
    • 111 Likes
    • Billye Shankar Manchu ㅤ‏ Helvering Davis Nick McLean Emils. Ruzo bhic Kevan Someone Else
    8 replies 32 retweets 111 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        It comes down less to what people have actually studied in depth and more to what the dominant ideas of 'good' and 'bad' are in their culture or subculture. People who have never read anything still internalise concepts of 'sin' & 'blasphemy'.

        3 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
        Show this thread
      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        Postmodernists were right to say that society is profoundly influenced by dominant discourses. They were wrong in their approach to remedying this.

        2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
        Show this thread
      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        Because they believed that knowledge and truth were constructed by power and that people are situated within this by their position in society determined by their identity, the solution was to demote dominant ideas & elevate marginalised ones. Make everything equal.

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
        Show this thread
      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        But this does necessarily require abandoning the idea that objective truth exists and that some moral value systems are better than others.

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
        Show this thread
      6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        It's quite possible to recognise that some truth claims & moral claims have been excluded from the conversation & remedy this but still evaluate both according to evidence, reason & consistently liberal humanist ethics.

        1 reply 3 retweets 15 likes
        Show this thread
      7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 15

        The problem is not that some ideas get marginalised but that they get marginalised for the wrong reason. Rejecting an idea because of the gender/race/sexuality of the person/people expressing it is a problem. Rejecting an idea because it has no evidence and/or is unethical is not

        3 replies 5 retweets 35 likes
        Show this thread
      8. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Culpability Jones‏ @ShineboxHukster Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I listen to NPR almost daily out of resigned habit. Yesterday they were talking about Islamophobia in the context of valentines day. Day before it was microaggresions. Before that gender identity. Intersectionality is underpinning the mainstream of our political consciousness.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Liz Waters‏ @cdnwaters Feb 15
        Replying to @ShineboxHukster @HPluckrose

        Valentine's Day is an oppressive tool of the patriarchy designed to reaffirm societal views of men as virtuous aggressors and women as prey and I object strongly, the day after all the candies and chocolate are done rolling in.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Culpability Jones‏ @ShineboxHukster Feb 15
        Replying to @cdnwaters @HPluckrose

        Perhaps. I doubt very much neither Islam nor intersectional theory will provide worthwhile solutions for a non-compulsory holiday that many people don’t even practice & hardly rises to the level of pressing social issue.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Liz Waters‏ @cdnwaters Feb 15
        Replying to @ShineboxHukster @HPluckrose

        Any reduction in the flow of free quality chocolate to me ranks as a pressing social issue.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. jonathan‏ @nathano_j Feb 15
        Replying to @cdnwaters @ShineboxHukster @HPluckrose

        I have it on good authority that Big Chocolate lobbyists are key to NPR's funding mechanism, thus program scheduling.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?)‏ @observeaddict Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        The idea of concept creep is very real. It is now common parlance for someone to preface an opinion about a topic of identity conflict with "As an X, I believe Y" The idea of shared truth is undermined before an opinion is even expressed.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. 少年听雨歌楼上‏ @RosesofE Feb 15
        Replying to @observeaddict @HPluckrose

        This is a tendency that I hate but unfortunately sometimes can't help but engage in. I don't want to say "As an X, blah blah blah", but nowadays it seems unavoidable if you want to preempt some of the tiring accusations. "As an POC", "As a woman", "As an immigrant", tiring...

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Ally Cinnamon‏ @allycinnamon76 Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Sociology time! - Weber wrote extensively on how ideas can impact the structure of society Calvinism driving capitalism is the prime example of the influence of Christianity on secular life.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. jonathan‏ @nathano_j Feb 15
        Replying to @allycinnamon76 @HPluckrose

        Interesting, that's a blind spot many atheists have- not fully grasping the influence of Christianity on modernity and parallels that occur in their belief systems that may have a similar lineage. FBOW, it's just an important part of the story people, esp "religion blamers, miss.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
      1. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful (cough!), committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does. Margaret Mead

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Kevan‏ @kevancopeland Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Exactly. Ideas have a way of “going viral.”

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. New conversation
      2. Pay Tree Arch Is Back, With a Longer Name Than Bef‏ @paytreearch Feb 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        All axiomatic ideas are eventually either taken to their logical conclusion, or abandoned. This is why it's so important to get your axioms right. We can see this now with intersectionality eating its own.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Pay Tree Arch Is Back, With a Longer Name Than Bef‏ @paytreearch Feb 15
        Replying to @paytreearch @HPluckrose

        IF: the moral value of your words and actions are determined completely by how oppressed you are deemed to be. THEN this creates a new, inverted social hierarchy. There's always someone more oppressed than you, and your opinions are rendered invalid if they disagree with you.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Pay Tree Arch Is Back, With a Longer Name Than Bef‏ @paytreearch Feb 15
        Replying to @paytreearch @HPluckrose

        It is an axiom that leads to an oligarchy of the oppressed. That's not where we want to end up, but we can't avoid it without re-evaluating the axiom itself.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation

    Loading seems to be taking a while.

    Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

      Promoted Tweet

      false

      • © 2018 Twitter
      • About
      • Help Center
      • Terms
      • Privacy policy
      • Cookies
      • Ads info