1/ I'm quoting @_danilo's thread because it helped me crystalize my own thoughts on this. Lots of milquetoast pundits keep talking about how publicly vilifying villains is bad because it makes more villains.
It does.
But that's not the same thing as saying it creates more harm.https://twitter.com/_danilo/status/997186281082892289 …
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5/ My guess is that, if Schlossberg doesn't apologize, he will try ride his notoriety into the up-until-now embracing arms of the for-profit reactionaries. That's the pundit-class fear: minting more JBP- / Damore-types. ...but, that space is getting really crowded.
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6/ I could be very wrong on this. It's just (informed) speculation. But as social media spaces close their doors to the edgelords -- or, at least, demonetize them -- relative dilution will cause them to eat their own. Their ecosystem will collapse. So, mint as many as you can.
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