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Dash doesn't address the content of Altman's post. Dash falsely equates the "lives" of gay people, with "disparaging things" about them. Link is a wonderful e

Dash doesn't address the content of Altman's post. Dash falsely equates the "lives" of gay people, with "disparaging things" about them. Link is a wonderful example of exactly the type of conversation suppressing blowharding that the Bay Area is encumbered by.

tedivm 9y ago
Do you see the irony of calling someone a blowhard just because you don't agree with their opinion? You're literally engaging in the exact same behavior you're attempting to call him out over.
Avshalom 9y ago
not equates. connects.
evanlivingston 9y ago
Be very careful equating a blogpost with suppression of speech.
- mr_spothawk 9y ago
  > "conversation suppressing" it's literally that. if you live in the Bay Area, and find that you can express countervailing opinions without encountering blowhardism, then I challenge you to make the case (in public) that nazi-punching is a bad idea.
  - tedivm 9y ago
    I live in the bay area and I have heard many people debate these issues without issue. To be honest I'm wondering if Sam Altman just needs to expand his social and professional circle a bit and get out of his own bubble. There's 7.5 million people in the bay area, and it's a joke to think they are all alike.
  - evanlivingston 9y ago
    You're asking the wrong person to make an argument sympathetic for nazis.
mattbierner 9y ago
Let’s be honest: both the original post and this rebuttal are basically long form tweets, not intellectually convincing arguments. They are so vague that you can read almost whatever you want into them
- mr_spothawk 9y ago
  I'll concede the rebuttal is literally a long form tweet.
  - dnsco 9y ago
    Sorry to be pedantic, this reply hadn't appeared when I posted my response yet.
- dnsco 9y ago
  The rebuttal is literally "long form tweets" ( https://twitter.com/anildash/status/941431220952584196 https://twitter.com/anildash/status/941431220952584196 ). Sam's post is presumably something he edited and had people check over before he posted it. That's not to negate your essential argument, but the two pieces do have different origins.

tedivm 9y ago

Do you see the irony of calling someone a blowhard just because you don't agree with their opinion? You're literally engaging in the exact same behavior you're attempting to call him out over.

Avshalom 9y ago

not equates. connects.

evanlivingston 9y ago

Be very careful equating a blogpost with suppression of speech.

mr_spothawk 9y ago
> "conversation suppressing" it's literally that. if you live in the Bay Area, and find that you can express countervailing opinions without encountering blowhardism, then I challenge you to make the case (in public) that nazi-punching is a bad idea.
- tedivm 9y ago
  I live in the bay area and I have heard many people debate these issues without issue. To be honest I'm wondering if Sam Altman just needs to expand his social and professional circle a bit and get out of his own bubble. There's 7.5 million people in the bay area, and it's a joke to think they are all alike.
- evanlivingston 9y ago
  You're asking the wrong person to make an argument sympathetic for nazis.

mattbierner 9y ago

Let’s be honest: both the original post and this rebuttal are basically long form tweets, not intellectually convincing arguments. They are so vague that you can read almost whatever you want into them

mr_spothawk 9y ago
I'll concede the rebuttal is literally a long form tweet.
- dnsco 9y ago
  Sorry to be pedantic, this reply hadn't appeared when I posted my response yet.
dnsco 9y ago
The rebuttal is literally "long form tweets" ( https://twitter.com/anildash/status/941431220952584196 https://twitter.com/anildash/status/941431220952584196 ). Sam's post is presumably something he edited and had people check over before he posted it. That's not to negate your essential argument, but the two pieces do have different origins.