I think a lot of people would’ve done a better job taking the Sarah Jeong story in stride today if they had just remembered this key point.https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan/status/1024292214535606272 …
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@JimDMiller I was being arch. My sincere view is that almost no one will (or should) adopt the attitude Caplin recommends because they take the outrages that bother them specifically to reflect objectionable deeper patterns... -
So, it’s not that I see a few rando racist videos online and get outraged because on this basis I conclude racism is pervasive. I antecedently think racism is pervasive based on life experiences and seize on rando videos as a way to crystallize for others a point I take to be obv
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(You may disagree with that belief of mine—the point here isn’t to convince you of it. Instead, it’s just to say that given people’s prior belief about what’s unfair in life, they will get worked up about this or that outrage.)
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LOL. Try it with Trump. "It doesn't matter, he's just one guy!" Of course, if the idea is that journalists, academics etc. should have no more moral authority and power in our society than anyone else, and so we shouldn't worry about what they say or get up to...
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