I think you are looking at this too objectively. Even if journalists have no power to hurt you, the subject can feel like they do and that emotional harm is not something one can avoid with Pure Reason®
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Replying to @lordcataplanga @eigenrobot
No, it can be avoided by people who believe in you (like I believe in Scott) standing by you publicly. Locking your account and going into hiding is the opposite, you're just leaving him out to be lied about.
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Replying to @yashkaf @eigenrobot
Right, I've been meaning to ask
@eigenrobot what locking is supposed to accomplish here. Like, I'd understand if Scott did that to protect himself, but why should his readers do that. Are we supposed to be worried that we will make him look bad, or that he will make us look bad?1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @lordcataplanga @yashkaf
i. Less fuel for the fire. Controlling information is crucial in an information war. ii. The cost of exposure is higher for some than others. I'm more leaning toward going out shiny and chrome but I don't think that should be forced on anyone.
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generally if youre going to make a Stand the last thing you want to do is hand over ammunition to the people who are about to charge your walls
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Replying to @eigenrobot @lordcataplanga
It's a good question what gives them more ammunition. You have so many followers, do you trust that no one will screenshot something you said? That deleting a tweet won't be seen as admission of malfeasance? Those who lie will find something to lie about, idk if hiding will help.
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If were literally conspiring against someone, it makes sense to hide information. But that's not what we're doing. Almost all rationalists are actively supporting the same good causes as everyone, aside from cancel culture.
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Replying to @yashkaf @lordcataplanga
I think Cancel Culture is the issue at hand Like we've maybe moved beyond "is cancel culture Good" to "can you be canceled for opposing cancel culture on principle while not having done anything else worthy of cancellation"
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Replying to @eigenrobot @lordcataplanga
Exactly. We should fight to make the answer to the latter "Fuck No" for people in our tribe. How many people will actually fight for canceling anyone opposed to cancel culture? Are there more of them then us? Are they smarter or stronger than us? We've got this.
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What does a tribe need to unite? A shared ideology, and a coordination point. "Fuck cancel culture" is our shared belief, "Scott is a treasure" is our coordination point. And we care much more about preserving our tribe than any journalist may care to bullshit about us.
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just link to the clip you magnificent bastardhttps://youtu.be/Ms_WY0s_1XM
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that's the feeling on the timeline - the borg are coming.
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