lol the only person I recognized on this list was @nberlat https://t.co/PYKeFVx6B5
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basically you can view open letters as flags on a hill for outsiders to rally around content of the letter often doesnt actually matter that much, in the details if people you disagree with drop a letter with fucking Chomsky and Rushdie you had better bring some big guns too
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what would have made a difference to either letter imo would have been live players with real power University presidents, editors at flagships, whatever Think it's worth noting they kept their heads down Not speaking is also a signal
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they might be waiting for consensus in either direction before committing safely which makes sense and also maybe signals they have less power than one might think funny how Leaders all move in the same direction at the same time
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also a good point actually they published on substack sign of weakness, either no organization was willing to sign on or the ones that were (imagine
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also a good point, may have contributed to the substack publication institutions dont like broadsides against other institutions maybe (?) https://twitter.com/illiteralworst/status/1281742692645388293?s=19 …
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oh this is a good point re signatories hmm https://twitter.com/bronzebarbarian/status/1281745668596314112?s=19 …
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thank you for coming to my absolutely amateur outsider analysis of impossibly complex social phenomena im your host a literal inhuman robot, signing off
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oh good question uncertain
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people who can only get ahead by pulling down others who are more qualified
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i was going to say something similar - the most committed to cancel culture seem to be the petit elite. close to the top, but not the top, which makes it seem all the more an expression of vulgar self-interest wrapped in false enlightenment
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