There’s a difference between thoughtful debate and branding someone a heretic. Many of the replies to Sam I’d categorize as personal attacks.
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Replying to @startupandrew
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Here's an example thread I wrote. https://twitter.com/wycats/status/941888353485537280 … Would you categorize it as a personal attack?
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No, not a personal attack. But I also think you’re jumping to conclusions without really considering his ideas.
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Remember his thesis is “maybe we should be more tolerant of disagreeable ideas”. Everyone seems to be latching on to his one sentence about disparaging gay folks, which i think Sam included for effect to show how seriously he takes this (sam is gay)
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The fact that people are unable to consider the post in its entirety due to Sam inserting that objectionable sentence I think is a microcosm of what he’s talking about.
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I don't think that's a good analysis. We're talking on Twitter so people are using his sentence because he used it as a real example of how far his perspective goes and it can fit into a tweet. I don't think it's an uncharitable shortening. He used the example on purpose.
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Replying to @wycats @startupandrew
I read the entire post multiple times. His argument boiled down to asking people to tone down their reactions to what they perceive to be bigoted attacks because an environment in which people react strongly en masse enables the notion of "heresy", ...
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I think “bigoted attacks” was one of many categories he mentions. If you ruled those out, would u then see merit?
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I don't think that Silicon Valley is actually a culture where it's heretical to "doing something the government had already decided was too hard" And I don't think the bigotry points are particularly separable from his broader point, which is...
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"So if you want a culture that innovates, you can’t have a culture where you allow the concept of heresy—if you allow the concept at all, it tends to spread" He is explicitly talking about bigotry because he is advocating a zero tolerance policy.
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Are you asking if he wrote a completely different article with completely different arguments and examples, would I agree with it? Dunno! But I don't think disagreeing with his *actual article* is making his point.
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