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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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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If you removed that sentence and re-read the post, would you find merit in what he’s saying?
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If he removed the sentence it would still be offensive. Lots of communities in SF are very welcoming of diverse ideas. I would guess
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Sam may be wrong, or perhaps ignorant, but I don’t see how it’s offensive. What did you find offensive?
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His SF is not the SF that I live in, though our communities do overlap. In addition to the points raised by
@wycats, another quote trivializes more reasonable discussions about how investors and founders should consider economic and social impact of their work.pic.twitter.com/Z9Jbe2r2HU
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A fair criticism.
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I think a lot of people did read the whole post ;)
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