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> "if you read it naively it sounds like he has a point but if you're familiar with such attitudes then you'll quickly see through the pseudo-intellectual venee
by jackvalentine 9y ago
> "if you read it naively it sounds like he has a point but if you're familiar with such attitudes then you'll quickly see through the pseudo-intellectual veneer of his argument."
Well I suppose that's my point isn't it? Expecting everyone who reads it to be "familiar with such attitudes" in order to come away with the "right" opinion is an awfully high bar to entry.
- Edmond 9y agoNo, that is not my expectation and I doubt it is the expectation of people who don't agree with his opinion. There is just a long history of his type of argument deployed in favor of his type of view. Frankly, rebutting such arguments can get exhausting especially for those who are the target of his post.
- jackvalentine 9y agoHow would you propose that this kind of blow-up be handled then in the future? It's going to happen again and in the absence of opposition that's just ceding ground without resistance to the kind of attitudes in the memo. I'm thinking if you're going to report on it, you need to either pull it apart with rigour or accept that you're just increasing the reach of it without opposition.