This is my main point about the ending of The Emperor's New Clothes being wrong Unpopular pariahs DO get their ideas vindicated by reality and society DOES change its mind, a lot, cynical takes on this story notwithstanding But they don't come back and apologize to youhttps://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1288160161757044745 …
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I see almost a preemptive move along these lines in the whole
#CancelCulture discourse--this idea that it's improper, and bad for society, to take a strong ethical position and enact consequences *until a majority of society has already come around* -
Yes When Jesse Singal says that canceling transphobes is wrong because they hold "mainstream opinions" on an "open policy debate" he is publicly embracing full throated moral cowardice
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sumner is one of those names that should be more prominent in history. A real American badass.
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Yeah, I almost don't want to go see where this kind of shit was said about him
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