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> Curtis Yarvin is a professed fascist who has written about his belief that some races are more suited to slavery than others. Having read a good deal of his
by xmj 11y ago
> Curtis Yarvin is a professed fascist who has written about his belief that some races are more suited to slavery than others.
Having read a good deal of his unqualified reservations, I wonder if you can source this quote for me please?
- kevinburke 11y agoSearch Google, Twitter, or send me an email. I'm not going to link to hate speech here.
- Jweb_Guru 11y agoThis entire thread is a pretty depressing indictment of the sorts of people who hang out on HN. Seriously, nobody should care about offending Curtis Yarvin or any of his ilk.
- 13thLetter 11y agoYarvin and his "ilk" aren't the ones complaining about being offended here.
- Jweb_Guru 11y agoThe argument of the original post is that we shouldn't exclude Yarvin because it might make avowed racists feel unwelcome at FP conferences. To which I say: who cares? I don't want Yarvin at FP conferences, and I suspect none of the attendees particularly do either.
- 13thLetter 11y ago> I don't want Yarvin at FP conferences, and I suspect none of the attendees particularly do either. I'd imagine there's a solid overlap between Hacker News posters and people who might attend a functional programming conference, and judging by this comments section your position is in a distinct minority. So if it's OK to ostracize people based on their unpopular political opinions, you may find yourself in the hot seat you've been preparing for Yarvin. How about this: perhaps we should instead strive for a system of pluralism and tolerance where we don't bring our political disputes into the professional sphere.
- 13thLetter 11y agoSo... no, then?
- kevinburke 11y agoNo one has sent me an email.
- solidsnack9000 11y agoThose who assert must prove.
- kevinburke 11y agoI didn't say I didn't have the evidence. You haven't sent me an email.
- saryant 11y agoThen post it. This bullshit game of I-have-proof-by-na-na-na-I-won't-show-you is a waste of everyone's time.
- Throwadev 11y agoHere is a direct quote from Moldbug's blog: >> "Not all humans are born the same, of course, and the innate character and intelligence of some is more suited to mastery than slavery. For others, it is more suited to slavery. And others still are badly suited to either. These characteristics can be expected to group differently in human populations of different origins. Thus, Spaniards and Englishmen in the Americas in the 17th and earlier centuries, whose sense of political correctness was negligible, found that Africans tended to make good slaves and Indians did not. This broad pattern of observation is most parsimoniously explained by genetic differences." Just want to point out that I don't share Moldbug's beliefs whatsoever.