i'm just tryna raise the red flag about the exact mechanics of how we're sending people straight into the arms of YouTubeNazi420
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Replying to @chaosprime
I don't know that geek culture creates an atmosphere that really values empathy enough for us to keep them from becoming YTNazi.
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There's an inherent competitiveness in geek culture that makes it very ego-driven, and if you don't have forces in your life to
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combat that, it's tough not to continue the cycle of abuse, just on another group's.
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Society is definitely failing these kids, but I don't think how Lady on Internet talks about oppression is what's doing it.
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if you want single-factor causality, well okay. but if you looked at how they get radicalized you'd see it sure helps.
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that a single factor isn't determinative doesn't seem like a wonderful excuse to just ignore its contribution.
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I think we have different opinions on what's chicken vs. egg here. I find current SJW discourse a response to the radicalization
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chickens have been making eggs and eggs have been making chickens for way too long for "who started it" to be interesting
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Really? Feminist discourse feels like it's only come into the mainstream in the past 6 or 7 years.
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i'd consider this a major opening engagement in The Current Discourse and it had clearly been building: http://fanlore.org/wiki/RaceFail_%2709 …
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