4chan 'starting' something (if it was really the actual start) for bad reasons doesn't mean that others can't have good reasons. #GamerGate
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Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung There is a symbolic dimension to this stuff, though - eg., would you get involved in a campaign against Islamism started by EDL?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp If it was co-opted by other liberals then I think I would actually! Especially if its 'real' origins were revealed later on.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung That just moves the ethical issue back a stage, though - should the other liberals have got involved? It's not at all clear imo.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp If they didn't know, then I don't think they did anything wrong. If they did, then not sure - maybe co-opting it is good?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@PhilosophyExp Then once there's enough liberals involved (whatever 'enough' is) then IMO it's ok to join without worrying about EDL origin.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung least, it's a moral issue that has to be weighed up. It's not a fallacy to think origins can have political/moral significance.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp It's a fallacy to say "it has origin O, therefore it's just O, and nothing else". Surely?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@SIN_Notung do some x to save the world, just because a bad person came up with the idea.)
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