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Of course the motivation for your comment is easy to deduce. It's okay, WalterBright gets downvoted sometimes too. I assume I am being downvoted because I didn
by scythe 7y ago
Of course the motivation for your comment is easy to deduce. It's okay, WalterBright gets downvoted sometimes too.
I assume I am being downvoted because I didn't read far enough to hear the author pivot into a tangent about green energy (which was apparently wrong, and which seems to be everyone else's focus). While Quillette's mission to highlight well-formed ideas that are unpopular may seem admirable, it cannot escape the fact that most people simply don't like to make public statements — which means that people who want to talk for the wrong reason are over-represented, no matter your ideology.
I just had a serious case of "read this one before" syndrome and I think both of those links are enlightening (and less distracted).
- jonstewart 7y agoI didn’t downvote you. I appreciate the links, though not your dig at liberalism (“central hypocrisy”, etc.) and apparent affinity for libertarianism. My guess is that most of your downvotes come from Quillette defenders, who like to think of themselves as a cut above Daily Stormer readers (albeit perhaps less honest).
- scythe 7y agoI was rather more negative about libertarianism than I was about liberalism, if you read carefully. I'm not a libertarian, but I do see the movement as a more meaningful criticism of modern politics than whatever the "right" is up to.