SSC post is massive miss-forest-for-trees strawman, but I'm too tired to argue, so I'll just postrationally 🙄🙄🙄slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you
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Nobody is denying there are nice misunderstood people in tent. It's that they're idiots and the camel's nose is in the tent too. Evil camel.
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While we're bandying animal fables around, how about wolf in sheep's clothing? Or the scorpion and frog?
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It's not crying wolf. It's belling the cat. If shitshow causes no harm it'll because people fought to contain it, not because false alarm
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Many will claim their fight contained it, but how will we know? Would there have been internment camps if we didn't intervene?
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I personally don't care who gets or claims the credit so long as the containment efforts work
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I fear many will credit violent resistance for successful containment.
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Always true. Violence in provocation begets violence in response. This is a side that talked armed insurrection in case of loss
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A diff example, my 5yo son freq leaves house in pout, runs down street.
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My worry is do-gooder will pick him up, keep him "safe" somewhere. Did they protect him from harm? IDK, probably not, but it scares me.
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huh... why is that a concern? Do you live in a charged/diverse neighborhood and/or is your child mixed-race?
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Hard to think of safer neighborhood, but fear of child predators permeates everywhere.
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