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In my experience the left was not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down.
by stillhere 9y ago
In my experience the left was not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down.
- lurr 9y agoOn what topic?
- haihaibye 9y agoThat humans aren't blank slates.
- lurr 9y agoIf you're talking about Damore then I believe that's less about what was said and more about how it was stated.
- haihaibye 9y agoThe context was "the left .. not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down." Pre-election a similar thing happened to James Watson and Larry Summers - eg here is shutting down conversation about humans not being blank slates: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/us/harvard-chief-defends-his-talk-on-women.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/us/harvard-chief-defends-h... "When he started talking about innate differences in aptitude between men and women, I just couldn't breathe because this kind of bias makes me physically ill," Dr. Hopkins said.