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'Yarvin's opinions have been described as racist, with his writings interpreted as supportive of slavery, including the belief that whites have higher IQs than
by chasing 7y ago
'Yarvin's opinions have been described as racist, with his writings interpreted as supportive of slavery, including the belief that whites have higher IQs than blacks for genetic reasons... [He] has argued that some races are more suited to slavery than others. "It should be obvious that, although I am not a white nationalist, I am not exactly allergic to the stuff," Yarvin wrote.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
Yeesh.
- ScottFree 7y agoSo? It's not like he goes around shouting racial slurs at everybody who passes. His strangeloop talk had nothing to do with his political beliefs. People who have unpopular opinions are capable of behaving like adults in public.
- neilk 7y agoI have heard from people who have gone to conferences with Yarvin that he does talk about racism and his other regressive politics when not on stage, apparently in an attempt to flock together with others with similar beliefs. This should not be surprising, that’s how people work; that’s how conferences work. The person who told me this said, that on the occasion she witnessed, it wasn’t successful. Everyone politely ignored him. But this is not sufficient. We can’t have a civilization if we tolerate the intolerant, and if there are no penalties for trying to move the Overton window on “maybe some people don’t deserve human rights”.
- ScottFree 7y ago> Everyone politely ignored him. Which is exactly what's supposed to happen when you have adults interacting in public. This is fine. > We can’t have a civilization if we tolerate the intolerant This is a ridiculous statement. Western Civilization has tolerated intolerant groups for the entirety of its existence. Inviting one man to talk at a conference is clearly not a threat to the continuing existence of civilization.
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