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The political ostracism has happened - people are already distancing themselves from him. It's a given here. I'm saying he should limit the damage of it to him
by bonaldi 10y ago
The political ostracism has happened - people are already distancing themselves from him. It's a given here.
I'm saying he should limit the damage of it to himself, rather than letting his friends be dragged down with him, yes.
By forcing YC to stand with him, he has dragged them into his fight and undone a lot of their previous good work.
- inimino 10y agoSurely there are adversaries so fearsome that the noble thing is to cut ties and avoid collateral damage, but a mob of angry partisans on the internet shouldn't be one of them. To do that would mean giving up on civil political disagreement and sets a terrible precedent. I don't think any good work is being undone here but perhaps you could say some political capital is being spent defending the free and open exchange of ideas.