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If we had good consistent standards re offenses & their punishments, then it wouldn't be a problem if people combed for evidence of those offenses. They'd be heroes, not villains.
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“academia is crawling with offence archaeologists – low-lifes who spend their time combing through other people’s writing with the hope of finding something they can use to ruin their careers.” noahcarl.substack.com/p/nick-bostrom
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Know of any governments / organizations that have tried to codify what is / is not a punishable offence? I don't really know how to search for relevant labor law or standards bodies
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It’s mildly unsettling that so many people whose overall point is “lefties freak out over unimportant things” skip all the way to “caring about wrongdoing is bad in full generality”
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