I don't think the throat-clearing phrase "Speaking as a..." is particularly bad. Yes, it frequently prefixes identitarian power-games, but it can also serve as a valid skin-in-the-game signal, in an era where nearly everyone speaks nonsense nearly all the time.
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"I know this" is a useful qualification, even if people frequently lie about it.
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I want to agree with this, in principle. In practice, I think these kinds of phrases are much more often clumsy power plays employed when a person just wants you to accept something they really don't know. Actual experts can cite actual reasons, sources, and explanations instead.
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Original tweet: "Yes, it frequently prefixes identitarian power-games"
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I know, I read that. But if the frequency is high enough (e.g. 90%) then I can't agree. It's like saying "When someone says 'I'm really smart" they can actually be genuinely signalling intelligence. Well, yeah.
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It's not 90%.
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I would put it there, maybe. Of course, in real life you have tone and body language that make it clearer what's the power play, and whats a genuine skin-in-the-game request for trust, so you don't need to guess as much.
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Or, in this case, you have context and knowledge of the person saying these things. Obviously autistic / post-rat / weird sun etc. Twitter don't use these phrases like everyone else, since, IMO, they are more honest / ironic. But, say, among normies, I don't trust the signal.
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