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 @arthur_affect and
God, this guy is literally the ONE EXAMPLE you assholes always hold up. The thing is a) not all of these people, by a long shot, actually "converted away" from racism or even actually left the KKK (there have been follow-ups; some of them were right back at it);
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Replying to @iridienne @cowtung and
and b) THIS METHOD DOESN'T SCALE. Nobody gives a shit what is going on in the secret hearts of bigots. We just want them to stop doing bigoted things. There are WAY MORE EFFECTIVE methods of accomplishing that than asking them very nicely, one by one, to stop.
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Replying to @iridienne @cowtung and
As Mencken famously said “One horse laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms” and this is doubly true with rationalists
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Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @RiotAtArbys and
Sheer social shaming and fear of personal consequences has probably done a lot more to turn people away from the alt-right (most likely in favor of just logging off completely) than any of this debate-club bullshit "Bullying" is harmful because it *works*
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Replying to @arthur_affect @iridienne and
We would like to hand the torch to
@GeorgeHemingto1 and@davidgerard who will continue the series of unprecedented exposés. What WILL we find? (Hint: it’s racism) Aka I need to sleep but one of u create a thread and link it here1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes -
Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @RiotAtArbys and
although I deeply appreciate your top class work here, you must understand that we are both profoundly lazy and tend to approach critique of the rationalist subculture as internet television, including occasionally the bit where you shout at the screen
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Replying to @davidgerard @RiotAtArbys and
Laughter is really what they hate most Their natural element is trying to suck you into something as close to a formal debate as possible and waste your energy and time They can't stand just being callously dismissed with "Pfft nerd"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @davidgerard and
"What sort of human is this, that dislikes it when you ignore them and call them names?"
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I know you, like everyone else, dislike being treated this way, that's irrelevant The question is what the most useful and effective way to get rid of you is (a strategy we can see I am bad at implementing)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
pretending to be a jock is not your strong suit
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