I think Cooke puts his finger on something very important. Even Auerbach and de Boer, two of the most sensible analyists on the scene...
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@St_Rev seems like a good thing that some people aren't pretending to be dispassionate analysts. I suspect that the reason the campus (1/n) -
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@rossleh Hm. May well be part of it. Not sure it entirely explains San Francisco vigilante feminists vs. clickbaiters not toeing the line. -
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@St_Rev been pondering that. affirming the humanity of ppl who want you dead is hard; not doing so kinda rough on the ol' moral authority. -
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@chaosprime Designated oppressors, yeah, that's a big part of the problem. GG is mostly ordinary people baffled by the psychodrama. -
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@St_Rev yeah. i guess i can assume we are not in agreement as to which parties' behavior typically merits each interpretation.
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@BrowningMachine@ClarkHat Right, exactly. At root, "how do we fix this" and "how do we win" are orthogonal. -
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@BrowningMachine@ClarkHat autism FTW
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