I like the ducking and dodging over whether he's actually in favor of credentialism or not @nberlat
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Ends up asking for credentials is smarmy elitism when aimed at his Twitter pals but when aimed at Vox writers it's Good, Actually
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WHAT IF I TOLD YOU being a Contrarian Bad Boy of the Left is also a status ladder filled with virtue signaling opportunities
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Which explains his staggeringly un-self-aware tic of blasting careerists and then immediately bragging about how in-demand his opinions are
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Like he's actually deluded into thinking "contrarian" isn't itself a brand that is a vital part of the Content Ecosystem
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This is also how I feel about the supposedly trivial dunk that blabbing about "the Smug Style" is itself smug - it's an important point
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"You're just saying that to virtue signal/look smart/prove you're on the right side" is an incredibly lazy yet effective sledgehammer
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And it's, in the original sense, an ad hominem - like, so what, who cares why they said it? Are they right?
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Debating like the important thing was whether HRC was "arrogant" or "smug" vs whether she'd be the better president got us in this shit
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The "I don't even vote bc all politicians are corrupt and fake bro" stance helped get us in this hole
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And I think in that context tu quoque is justified - "You're all phonies seeking social approval" IS A WAY OF SEEKING SOCIAL APPROVAL
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