3 ms·

Per the sibling comment to yours, no, they aren't referring to that. "The point" is attacking a strawman. As a general takeaway, "It actually feels absurd to t

by mrec 6y ago

Per the sibling comment to yours, no, they aren't referring to that. "The point" is attacking a strawman. As a general takeaway, "It actually feels absurd to type that sentence out..." can be a useful warning sign that you're projecting an absurd interpretation onto a reasonable statement instead of applying the Principle of Charity.

BoorishBears 6y ago
The sibling comment is confirming my interpretation, that they were referring to the deplatforming! - The deplatforming thing that ramped up in 2018 has overwhelmingly been about things like white-supremacy and neo-nazis... so it hit the alt-right very hard. This is like conservative politicians complaining their followers are being deplatformed when Twitter decides to take a harder stance against white supremacy in the wake of an attack on our capitol which featured the alt-right/ neo-Confederates/ neo-Nazis... you're not confirming what you think you're confirming. The conservatives is not being targeted per se, but it just so happens a lot of neo-nazis are conservatives. Take it as you will. - They're also ignoring the fact the "deplatforming thing" has recently kicked into high gear because of a certain set of events This would be like someone from the Branch Davidians saying "We've always felt persecuted" in March 1993.. there were, but also a little thing happened with 4 ATF agents the month before! That's the point being brought up, those events are very relevant if you're talking about deplatforming today. You don't brush such a major occurrence under the rug if you're arguing in good faith. - Even them saying it ramped up in "around 2018" is disingenuous. It ramped up with Trump and his actions. And there was as a lot of gnashing of teeth over if that was right, if Trump was actually building a hateful support base or if this was just political lynching... And then the Capitol breach occurred and removed all doubt and now we see it accelerating. - Also you read the sibling comment, you should have realized it makes the last part of your comment complete non-sequitur... sometimes it's a useful sign the argument being made just lacking self-awareness

by mrec 6y ago

BoorishBears 6y ago

The sibling comment is confirming my interpretation, that they were referring to the deplatforming! - The deplatforming thing that ramped up in 2018 has overwhelmingly been about things like white-supremacy and neo-nazis... so it hit the alt-right very hard. This is like conservative politicians complaining their followers are being deplatformed when Twitter decides to take a harder stance against white supremacy in the wake of an attack on our capitol which featured the alt-right/ neo-Confederates/ neo-Nazis... you're not confirming what you think you're confirming. The conservatives is not being targeted per se, but it just so happens a lot of neo-nazis are conservatives. Take it as you will. - They're also ignoring the fact the "deplatforming thing" has recently kicked into high gear because of a certain set of events This would be like someone from the Branch Davidians saying "We've always felt persecuted" in March 1993.. there were, but also a little thing happened with 4 ATF agents the month before! That's the point being brought up, those events are very relevant if you're talking about deplatforming today. You don't brush such a major occurrence under the rug if you're arguing in good faith. - Even them saying it ramped up in "around 2018" is disingenuous. It ramped up with Trump and his actions. And there was as a lot of gnashing of teeth over if that was right, if Trump was actually building a hateful support base or if this was just political lynching... And then the Capitol breach occurred and removed all doubt and now we see it accelerating. - Also you read the sibling comment, you should have realized it makes the last part of your comment complete non-sequitur... sometimes it's a useful sign the argument being made just lacking self-awareness