Comparing those who disagree with you on virtue of inequality to evolution deniers or Obama birthers is lame, @paulghttp://www.inc.com/tess-townsend/russell-okung-response-to-paul-graham-inequality.html …
@dhh She said it was unlikely that so many people disagreeing could be wrong. I gave those as counterexamples. Lame to pretend I meant more.
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@paulg You’re relating one context, disagreeing about inequality, to another, birthers/creationists. People take you too seriously for that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Of course people are going to deduce that you just labeled their disagreement to be akin to birthers/creationists. Predictable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg And if that outcome is predictable, then it’s not exactly a leap to conclude “well, that’s what he meant by it, then!”.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I’m surprised that you’re surprised by this. Parallels and comparisons have to be proportional to be effective. If not, you get this.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Anyway, I get that you have a mass of people eager to burn you at the stake. Lots of pressure. Easy to slip when dancing a tight ropeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg But if that’s the people you’re talking to, you should at least thing “am I making it better or making it worse?”. This was latter. -
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@paulg 1/ The weirdest part for me personally the one time I got mobbed by critisim was people piling on to -
@paulg 2/ blame me for *other* people misunderstanding and getting upset. A variant of DH2 perhaps? "This writing is bad - Show replies
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