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> Fool me once.. Except this only works with subsequent encounters with the same trickster. Those across your side of the political aisle are not a monolith, y
by tenaciousDaniel 9y ago
> Fool me once..
Except this only works with subsequent encounters with the same trickster. Those across your side of the political aisle are not a monolith, yet you assume they are all just a few shades off from Milo. If that's your impression, you should diversify your reading selections. Try John McWhorter, for example.
- MBCook 9y ago> Except this only works with subsequent encounters with the same trickste At some point you have to risk and generalizing when you see similar arguments brought up over and over otherwise "the other side" could continue to use the same tactic as long as they cycle through different people that haven't done it before.
- tenaciousDaniel 9y agoI don't see that as a useful strategy when dealing with political opinions. If you look at how ideas become distributed among large groups of people, it seems clear to me that if someone is being honest, they will likely have something unique to add to the conversation.
- MaysonL 9y agoJohn McWhorter? In what way is he anywhere near the same side of the aisle as Milo?
- tenaciousDaniel 9y agoHe's conservative and almost invariably disagrees with social justice activists.
- MaysonL 9y agoGot a link? The John McWhorter I'm familiar with is a linguist at Columbia.
- tenaciousDaniel 9y agoYep, that's the guy. Below is a good example of his more combative ideas. He's far off from Milo, but that was kind of my point, because he's definitely on that side of the aisle. http://www.thedailybeast.com/antiracism-our-flawed-new-religion http://www.thedailybeast.com/antiracism-our-flawed-new-relig...
- MaysonL 9y agoInteresting that. According to Wikipedia, he characterizes himself as "a cranky liberal Democrat". Another quite non-rightist position cited in the W article: "the use of the word "thug" was becoming code for "the N-word" or "black people ruining things" when used by whites in reference to criminal activity."