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The sum of identity politics: ignore valid points because of who said them. Sounds like prejudice, which you are probably against.
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
The sum of identity politics: ignore valid points because of who said them. Sounds like prejudice, which you are probably against.
- Apocryphon 9y agoOn one hand you're right, ad hominem filtering on the basis of demography is self-limiting. On the other, it's ironic because the author is a specifically controversial character: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer#Accusations_of_sexual_misconduct https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_Shermer#Accusations_of...
- vormalpg 9y agoIf you're the kind of person who dismisses anything coming from Breibart or fox news as unreliable, it's absurd to turn around and use the likes of rational wiki as a source for any kind of serious argument. It's a pure propaganda website with no editorial standard.
- samcodes 9y agoI didn't say to ignore his "valid points." I intentionally didn't mention the content. I was trying to point out that, if, as you read the piece, you correctly inferred metadata about the author, (a) it's funny because (b) it means there might be more to the theories he is dissmissing out of hand.