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    1. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 25 Jun 2021

      Alan Levinovitz Retweeted Jeet Heer

      I'm seeing this take a lot. It's false, and importantly so. A peddler of some bullshit who believes in it is different from a peddler of some bullshit who doesn't. They represent different kinds of problems that need to be addressed in very different ways.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1408609777492664320 …

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      Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @CathyYoung63 @NGrossman81
      Sure, but that's like saying, "We have no proof the CEO of McDonald's is a meat-eater. He could be a vegan. He just structures his restaurant to maximize the amount of meat sold." It's technically true but avoids the point. A peddler of white nationalism is a white nationalist
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Jun 2021
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @CathyYoung63

      I don't see how they are so different and the only way we can know if they are different is if we can read into people's souls. Which we can't. So we have to judge by actions.

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    3. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 25 Jun 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63

      This is such a strange position to me. You don't have to do anything so mystical as "reading into people's souls" to distinguish between con artists and true believers. And to suggest the distinction between the two is irrelevant? I honestly don't get it.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 Jun 2021
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @CathyYoung63

      As a practical matter many (maybe most) con men believe in part of story they sell. I mean tobacco executives in 1950s both lied about science of cancer and were themselves heavy smokers. Hard to sell a product you don't believe in on some level.

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        2. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 25 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63

          Again I just don't get where you're coming from. Are you saying that most con artists believe their grift? That the psychics who use spirits to drain people's bank accounts actually believe they're talking to spirits?

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        3. FCDaran‏ @FCDaran 25 Jun 2021
          Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @HeerJeet @CathyYoung63

          Some of them do. You haven't provided us with any specifics as to how we should treat grifters differently from believers.

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