You're missing the point, this is where the freshman philosophy class predictably brings up virtue ethics as a third option between deontology and consequentialism It's not that hanging out with transphobes is Wrong Just Wrong, it's that it signals what kind of person you are https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/1221826247757570048 …
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"What value would there be in Bernie telling off Joe Rogan and throwing away his votes" It would be proof that when he says he cares about trans people he MEANS IT It's a "costly signal", it's him personally giving up something as a sign of loyalty
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Talk is cheap If all you have to do is tell people what you support in theory then it's easy for everyone in the world to be an ally to everybody If you want to convince me you'll have my back when things are hard, you gotta give up something now when things are easy
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This is the whole thing about activists being "obnoxious" and "trying to drive people away" This is sociology 101 Being obnoxious is a loyalty test The people who won't have your back because they're afraid of losing friends now won't have it when it's a real fight later
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100% agreed.
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