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He skipped over classical liberal and very quickly gave interviews to prominent alt-right figures like Stefan Molyneaux.

hckr_news 6y ago
He also tweeted during the middle of this, "The KKK is horrible and I don't support them in any way, but can we admit that their internal title names are cool, e.g. 'Grand Wizard'?" So...shrugs
- FeepingCreature 6y ago
  I mean. He's not wrong.
- implements 6y ago
  He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum, which if treated as a form of social disability would (or should, IMO) grant him some leeway. If his intent wasn’t sexist then his failure to perfectly negotiate the complex social way those points have to be expressed isn’t a moral failing on his part. Edit: I’d rather posters took the time to argue against rather than downvote. My point is just that ‘socially colourblind’ people probably shouldn’t be punished for lacking perceptual and expressive subtlety. It doesn’t mean they can’t be corrected or educated, of-course.
  - ikeyany 6y ago
    Why shouldn't people get punished for lacking perceptual and expressive subtlety? I doubt you would have a problem with rewarding people for possessing such skills (e.g. well-paid actors, or clever detectives).
  - Udik 6y ago
    > He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum, which if treated as a form of social disability would (or should, IMO) grant him some leeway. This attitude leaves me almost speechless. When someone makes an argument that at least tries to be well reasoned, and people attack him based on misunderstandings and how it makes them feel, maybe the problem is not that he's autistic. Maybe it's those who are offended and refuse to engage in a civilized debate that have some form of disability. It used to be that dispassionate reason was the highest form of discourse (the only one on which it's possible to reach agreements). What happened to that standard, when the responses boil down to "how does it make you feel"?
  - hackissimo123 6y ago
    > He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum That's because he is: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/16/james-damore-google-memo-interview-autism-regrets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/16/james-dam...
- jack1243star 6y ago
  Can't disagree with that.
- zozbot234 6y ago
  That's obviously a joke, though. (It's also on Twitter. Everyone acts weird on Twitter.)
- manigandham 6y ago
  That's called a joke.
manigandham 6y ago
He interviewed with Dave Rubin and Joe Rogan. Also who on the left would interview him? That's the issue with claiming that he only talked to one side.
- jashmatthews 6y ago
  As he said in his interview with Peterson, he declined interviews with any centrist media. He filed an NLRB complaint before posting, hired Charles Johnson (who is a professional conspiracy dude and claims to know where MH370 is) to run PR and made a bee-line directly for maximum exposure with people like Molyneaux. That's a very deliberate choice. He's no martyr of rational thought.
  - alxmp 6y ago
    Where is the centrist media? Mainstream media is a mix of SJW and occasional attacks on corporations as a diversion to hide the actual exploitative system. Also, in what world is Joe Rogan alt-right? He's all over the place politically (as one should be). EDIT: Apparently libertarians are such a great threat to the people who have their snouts in the trough that they have to be labeled "alt-right".
  - reroute1 6y ago
    "Centrist media" kind of took a dump on him... Why would he run to them? Is Joe Rogan not a centrist? He is self proclaimed liberal on most topics, right wing is a silly label
- uxcolumbo 6y ago
  What makes you think Joe Rogan is alt right? Watching his interviews with various people who are more left leaning doesn't give me the impression that he is alt-right.
  - jashmatthews 6y ago
    He didn’t appear on Rogan until a long time after his first interviews.

hckr_news 6y ago

He also tweeted during the middle of this, "The KKK is horrible and I don't support them in any way, but can we admit that their internal title names are cool, e.g. 'Grand Wizard'?" So...shrugs

FeepingCreature 6y ago
I mean. He's not wrong.
implements 6y ago
He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum, which if treated as a form of social disability would (or should, IMO) grant him some leeway. If his intent wasn’t sexist then his failure to perfectly negotiate the complex social way those points have to be expressed isn’t a moral failing on his part. Edit: I’d rather posters took the time to argue against rather than downvote. My point is just that ‘socially colourblind’ people probably shouldn’t be punished for lacking perceptual and expressive subtlety. It doesn’t mean they can’t be corrected or educated, of-course.
- ikeyany 6y ago
  Why shouldn't people get punished for lacking perceptual and expressive subtlety? I doubt you would have a problem with rewarding people for possessing such skills (e.g. well-paid actors, or clever detectives).
- Udik 6y ago
  > He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum, which if treated as a form of social disability would (or should, IMO) grant him some leeway. This attitude leaves me almost speechless. When someone makes an argument that at least tries to be well reasoned, and people attack him based on misunderstandings and how it makes them feel, maybe the problem is not that he's autistic. Maybe it's those who are offended and refuse to engage in a civilized debate that have some form of disability. It used to be that dispassionate reason was the highest form of discourse (the only one on which it's possible to reach agreements). What happened to that standard, when the responses boil down to "how does it make you feel"?
- hackissimo123 6y ago
  > He sounds like he may be on the autistic spectrum That's because he is: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/16/james-damore-google-memo-interview-autism-regrets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/16/james-dam...
jack1243star 6y ago
Can't disagree with that.
zozbot234 6y ago
That's obviously a joke, though. (It's also on Twitter. Everyone acts weird on Twitter.)
manigandham 6y ago
That's called a joke.

manigandham 6y ago

He interviewed with Dave Rubin and Joe Rogan. Also who on the left would interview him? That's the issue with claiming that he only talked to one side.

jashmatthews 6y ago
As he said in his interview with Peterson, he declined interviews with any centrist media. He filed an NLRB complaint before posting, hired Charles Johnson (who is a professional conspiracy dude and claims to know where MH370 is) to run PR and made a bee-line directly for maximum exposure with people like Molyneaux. That's a very deliberate choice. He's no martyr of rational thought.
- alxmp 6y ago
  Where is the centrist media? Mainstream media is a mix of SJW and occasional attacks on corporations as a diversion to hide the actual exploitative system. Also, in what world is Joe Rogan alt-right? He's all over the place politically (as one should be). EDIT: Apparently libertarians are such a great threat to the people who have their snouts in the trough that they have to be labeled "alt-right".
- reroute1 6y ago
  "Centrist media" kind of took a dump on him... Why would he run to them? Is Joe Rogan not a centrist? He is self proclaimed liberal on most topics, right wing is a silly label
uxcolumbo 6y ago
What makes you think Joe Rogan is alt right? Watching his interviews with various people who are more left leaning doesn't give me the impression that he is alt-right.
- jashmatthews 6y ago
  He didn’t appear on Rogan until a long time after his first interviews.