Just to take one of these, in what sense does Scott Alexander push back against “liberalism”? What these folks share is antipathy to *illiberalism*https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/955528258845474816 …
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You treat people with abhorrent viewpoints with more civility and intellectual charity than almost anyone with a platform similar to yours. To a shallow observer, that suggests that you harbor a latent sympathy towards those viewpoints.
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IE - your comment section has people like: http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/18/practically-a-book-review-luna-whitepaper/#comment-590417 … posting being engaged as though they were expressing a neutral viewpoint. I know you have principled reasons for this, but you are a distinct outlier in your tolerance for certain views.
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I'm not surprised people believe false things about me, or wondering how they could get that impression. Exactly the opposite - this never surprises me any more. I just want to point out that they are, in fact, false.
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I’m surprised. If one spends long enough on SSC to read comment threads Scott’s actual views should be quite easy to grasp, at least well enough to not make that error
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Eh, I admit I believe a lot of things approximately as unpopular as that. But that's why I want credit for not believing that one!
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Whatever you do, please don't right an earnest defense of pineapple on pizza or ketchup on pasta. I can tolerate other outgroups but not that one.
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If you have any examples of me saying the opposite, please quote them here. Otherwise, can I politely ask if you've ever actually read my writing, or if you're just imagining what you think I must write?
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