Anyway just clicked through and I'm less sanguine. That's a thread discussing Kathy Forth's suicide note alleging abuse by multiple members of the rationalist community. The rationalist community (in the Bay in particular) is supremely fucked up at handling sexual assault.
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Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @arthur_affect and
They've reacted to survivors coming forth with their stories in the aftermath of Kathy Forth's suicide as an attack on their community and by encouraging people not to go public since people would think poorly of the community. I can't imagine a worse way to make sure abuse ...
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Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @notscottsiskind and
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I did a thread on this when it happened and it's absolutely infuriatinghttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1009910462803161088?s=20 …
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Arthur ChuVerified account @arthur_affectAgain, to put it bluntly, a woman heavily embedded in the effective altruism/rationalist cult killed herself because, according to her suicide note, they just wouldn't stop sexually assaulting her https://medium.com/@itai.ilyich/if-i-cant-have-me-no-one-can-kathleen-rebecca-forth-born-april-11-1980-31c49ed15121 …Show this thread1 reply 7 retweets 21 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @notscottsiskind and
Yeah, that's an extremely effective way to guarantee that you will have rapists in your community. Like, 100% guarantee. That's putting a light out front saying "rapists welcome! We will cover for you and shame your victims!" Effective altruism to abusers.
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Replying to @UnknownEnby @arthur_affect and
Any time I dip into any of these kinds of communities and start reading, pretty much anywhere anytime, I get the distinct impression "you guys are basically just trying to get girls" which is, to be fair, one of the default behaviors of dudes so it's a decent guess any time. 1/
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Replying to @amolitor99 @UnknownEnby and
But they're such damaged little weasels, all posturing in their own crippled little ways, all feigning smartness and all a little frantic, you can smell the desperation in every word. They're like penguins at the ice's edge, shuffling around trying to push one another in. 2/
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Replying to @amolitor99 @UnknownEnby and
But it's not icy water full of leopard seals. It's varying degrees of sexual harassment and assault, and whoever tumbles in will be the one doing it. But they *want* *him* *to*. He's their avatar, testing the waters, getting the poonie, some day they hope to *be* *him*. 3/
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Replying to @amolitor99 @UnknownEnby and
This whole thing is goddamn hilarious. They've talked themselves completely into believing that a) they DESERVE a puff piece and b) they're absolutely not going to get one. And watching the whole process of their "thought" is … incredible. https://np.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/hgnisg/request_for_screenshotstext/ …
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Replying to @gulpa @iridienne and
I agree that Vonnegut was brilliant — never more so than when he wrote “Harrison Bergeron,” an amazing story that more than 50 years ago anticipated our precise cultural moment.
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Lol people who are fans of only Harrison Bergeron misunderstand its author probably even more than people who are only fans of 1984/Animal Farm misunderstand Orwell You know Vonnegut was extremely left-wing, right Remember the Money River from God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
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Replying to @arthur_affect @gulpa and
Yep, Vonnegut was left wing, no question. And, you’re right, so was George Orwell, who recognized the evils of Communism. And so was George Carlin, who famously said:pic.twitter.com/Ute5ClybP7
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Replying to @DavidBreckman @gulpa and
Carlin had some bad takes, as did Orwell and Vonnegut Still and all, that particular story is one Vonnegut was famous for getting pissed at people taking out of context (including in the context of a court case)
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