Patri Friedman on Twitter: "The ultimate privilege is the power to define civilized debate. To exclude arguments from even being considered is a brutal act of oppression. The claim that such oppression supports justice is as laughable as 1984's slogan "Ignorance Is Strength".… https://t.co/0RskjDYJGh"

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ 22 Nov 2017

Sick of the internet shouting factory? Looking for a more civil place to discuss the big issues? After five years of development, we welcome you to Kialo, a system designed for thoughtful debate.https://www.kialo.com/tour/?utm_campaign=gen1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …

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Alexandra Sutton Lawrence, Ph.D.‏ @aesutz Mar 23

Replying to @KialoHQ

Hey, @KialoHQ, I stopped by your site and landed in an (allegedly vetted) line of argument denying any impact of slavery, Jim Crow era, or decades of discrimination on Black Americans; blaming instead "social ills perpetuated by the Black community." This is thoughtful debate?

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ Mar 27

Replying to @aesutz

Hi Alexandra, just to clarify, this is a community effort, users are contributing to and managing the discussions, like in Wikipedia. We certainly do not have the manpower to vet the contributions, though when an issue is pointed out to us we will take a closer look. :) 1/

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ Mar 27

Replying to @KialoHQ @aesutz

Everybody makes mistakes, so please feel free to contribute and point out the problematic issues. We are no experts on that topic and do not know which claims you are referring to. 2/

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ Mar 27

Replying to @KialoHQ @aesutz

Generally speaking we think that capturing problematic lines of thinking and rebutting them, is better than ignoring them and letting them fester in people's minds. 3/

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ Mar 27

Replying to @KialoHQ @aesutz

Sunlight is the best disinfectant and we think that we have learned that staying within our own echo chambers isn't helping our societies to thoughtfully engage about the issues that we disagree on. 4/

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Kialo‏Verified account @KialoHQ Mar 27

Replying to @KialoHQ @aesutz

Kialo Retweeted Dustin Tingley

Having said that, unnecessarily offensive claims should be rephrased with less offensive wording. Perhaps these two tweets by fellow educators will be of interest to you: https://twitter.com/mchorowitz/status/943097535387889664 … https://twitter.com/dustintingley/status/894552075803254786 … DM us for private teams & portals.Thanks for feed-back. /5

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Mara Schechter‏ @maraschechter Jun 9

Replying to @KialoHQ @aesutz

There is no way to rephrase that's not offensive because it's the central concept that's offensive. Just like the central concept of arguments re: Confederate flags/statues where people say "let's celebrate aspects of Confederacy" or this re: reparations "we've already fixed it."

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Mara Schechter‏ @maraschechter Jun 9

Replying to @maraschechter @KialoHQ @aesutz

That's the core problem with the reasoning behind your platform's existence. When a conversation is about people's right to exist safely and equitably, then there's no "rational" ideas opposing equity. There's moral and immoral. There's the racist status quo or a better future.

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Patri Friedman‏ @patrissimo Jun 11

Replying to @maraschechter @KialoHQ @aesutz

The ultimate privilege is the power to define civilized debate. To exclude arguments from even being considered is a brutal act of oppression. The claim that such oppression supports justice is as laughable as 1984's slogan "Ignorance Is Strength".

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1. Mara Schechter‏ @maraschechter Jul 7
  Replying to @patrissimo @KialoHQ @aesutz
  
  white dude talks about censorship being the ultimate oppression. It's like bingo -- had to happen at some point in this discussion I guess
  
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