I had precisely the same response. This approach: "You are X, and therefore must part of Tribe Y, who are all Z, and Z is reprehensible, and therefore I can dismiss your ideas now without really considering them"? Nope. Identity politics at it's worst.
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i said that the intellectual dark web promotes the ideas of the reagan/thatcher era. i.e. liberalism or even classical liberalism and that she is broadly speaking part of that. is that true or is it not true?
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You said: " i'd say the intellectual dark web (and u r somewhat part of that) r part of the problem." You chucked Helen into a group that you've defined a malevolent. I advice you to tackle Helen on what Helen thinks, not what you say some other hypothetical group believes.
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and she said that the solution to the problem is liberalism. which is exactly what i said.
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You are colossally missing my point. But yeah, drop the identity politics and tackle Helen's ideas without lumping her into your "evil group of the day" as a way to dismiss her ideas.
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she said liberalism is the solution and defends the intellectual dark web. i'm not mind reading here. i'm not assuming. i'm reading her tweets.
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A universally liberal approach like MLK's to the topic of race, yes. I have said nothing about the 'intellectual dark web' in this thread and have said that I dislike the concept frequently. I admire some thinkers associated with it & strongly disagree with others.pic.twitter.com/mBHve2687W
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but that's really the point. martin luther king was not a liberal. martin luther king was shot after he attended to organize a working class rally to tackle the underlying real problem as he saw it. the socioeconomic one.
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then you have to give me more than pr slogans like liberalism. what does that mean when i give you statistics which point to the problem. let's not be too sensitive here when you just told me i have Nothing thoughtful to say.pic.twitter.com/jZDAyFlnlJ
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