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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 Feb 26

      I really must write a thing about what I mean by 'liberal' because conceptions of it vary so greatly especially across the Atlantic.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26

      I am also a progressive but that has negative connotations now too. I don't want a revolution or radical change. I want to keep refining a system which has thus far brought us strong institutions and more equal opportunities and human rights. This annoys everyone.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26

      Those considerably to the left of me accuse me of wanting to maintain the status quo which (bizarrely) they see as conservative. Those significantly to the right of me accuse me of wanting to further fuck up a system which has been going wrong for some time.

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        2. SHAFIQUR RAHMAN‏ @leninrahman Feb 26
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You are not cool if you think current system is the most evil or dysfunctional in history

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26
          Replying to @leninrahman

          Both of them make this claim in different ways. I think it's the best we've ever had but could improve.

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        4. SHAFIQUR RAHMAN‏ @leninrahman Feb 26
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Just think that lot of people believe racism and discrimination are getting worse! They had no idea how awful the past was for women, minorities and others.

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        5. Mr Grieveson‏ @jackspolitical Feb 26
          Replying to @leninrahman @HPluckrose

          I also think this is true. And without saying they had it worse than women and minorities in the past, I also think there is a huge misunderstanding of what life was like for working-class men 70-odd years ago.

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        2. Edwin J. Pole II‏ @ejpoleii Feb 26
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          First, define your terms So much is dependent on that.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26
          Replying to @ejpoleii

          That was my point. People mean different things by the terms so I think I need to write a thing about what I mean.

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        4. Edwin J. Pole II‏ @ejpoleii Feb 26
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It is so unreasonable to expect people to define their terms before expounding their positions. I hate it. I say, look it up in the f--g dictionary. I'm sympathetic.

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        1. Paul Coddington‏ @PaulCoddington Feb 26
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          As @PeterBoghossian said at the PSU talk, radicals overload the established definitions of words rather than invent new ones. This undermines civil discourse by framing the narrative in such a way that every topic becomes a minefield.

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        1. Mike‏ @citation_needed Feb 27
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I know that you want to have all people who make tea in microwaves sent to special camps for re-education. Which is morally proper and correct.

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        1. Nick McLean‏ @Nocmclean Feb 27
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Taking inspiration from David Pakman's discussion of "liberalism", I consider myself an evolved liberal. I am interested in maximizing opportunity for individuals and encouraging human flourishing. I think the state can & has played a role in increasing freedom for most ppl.

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        2. Some Body‏ @KevinOnEarth Feb 27
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I don't subscribe to any of these popular labels any more than I do to any particular ideology, because, like #ProbabilityTheory, as soon as you pin the beast down, it seems to change its very nature. And there's no popular philosophy/ideology that's all right, or all wrong.

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        3. Some Body‏ @KevinOnEarth Feb 27
          Replying to @KevinOnEarth @HPluckrose

          In any case, different people's opinions of where you stand politically/philosophically generally tell us more about them than you.

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        1. Phil McCutchen‏ @PastorPhilBCC Feb 27
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I think a part of the diffficulty is that we all want to set the ethos or standards. What one of us wants to give that kind of authority to another group? Does that make sense?

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