And I'm just like What the fuck No, that statement so clearly disproves your point If someone tells you "I'm thinking of punching you, I think that might be justified," THAT IS A THREAT You don't fucking wait to respond to a threat, you take immediate action
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cowtung and
To use more of Scott and Eliezer's beloved Star Wars references, when Greedo stands there talking about carefully weighing the cost/benefit analysis of taking you to Jabba alive rather than shooting you now, you only keep him talking long enough to draw under the table
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cowtung and
You don't fucking wait for him to decide You don't let him come to some kind of intellectual decision If him attacking you is *anywhere* in his "decision space" you cut that shit off by any method you have to hand, as fast and as hard as you can
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThePrussian1 and
I guess I just can't connect your points here about taking preemptive action against Nazis with the action being to strip Scott of either his blog or his job. Seems like we can keep punching Nazis AND let Scott do his thing, and the two aren't interfering with each other.
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Replying to @cowtung @ThePrussian1 and
Scott is friendly with white nationalists, and to the extent that Scott has access to respectability and clout, he provides them access to it too
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThePrussian1 and
I simply haven't seen enough evidence to warrant "friendly". Perhaps "patient with". I like for the world to have some diversity. Scott is a weirdo. I'm reminded of this:https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes …
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Replying to @cowtung @ThePrussian1 and
Lol no no no The Nazis Scott rolls with have been way more effective at moving him right than he's moved them in any direction Do you think r/slatestarcodex and r/themotte's posters have gotten *less* fashy from 2016-2020?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThePrussian1 and
My main point is that the world is better with Scott in it. You might not like that he doesn't ban enough people, but I would never have even heard of these people if not for Scott. Their depravity is fully on display, rather than sequestered in hidden bubbles.
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Replying to @cowtung @ThePrussian1 and
Pffft No it isn't If I want to sit in on a jerkoff session about someone discovering basic social science concepts like they're brand new I can listen to Joe Rogan Bonus, I will probably actually have less exposure to actual raving Nazis in the process
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cowtung and
And no, hidden bubbles are good Isolating people and preventing them from connecting and coordinating with others who agree with them is a way to limit their power This is basic shit *They themselves* would not seek exposure if it was of no benefit to them, they're not stupid
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FFS that's what the Komogorov essay is about, Scott meditating on the power of censorship to "destroy ideas" and all that shit If censorship somehow actually only helped Nazis why would Nazis be so upset about it, do you think they're THAT clever
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThePrussian1 and
I just disagree with you about Scott's platform providing something they don't already have. YouTube is a hotbed of right wing shit, and the algos send people right to it. I'd rather they have to at least pretend to appeal to rational thought where they'll be challenged.
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Replying to @cowtung @ThePrussian1 and
I have never ever encountered someone radicalized away from the right wing and who developed sympathy for "SJWs" and feminists and so forth based on interacting with Scott's blog There are countless examples of the reverse That's basically what r/TheMotte is for
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