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As is often the case with this sort of information, one's choice is either to work to separate the wheat from the chaff (and take it all with a grain of salt),
by AndrewBissell 6y ago
As is often the case with this sort of information, one's choice is either to work to separate the wheat from the chaff (and take it all with a grain of salt), or to never encounter the "much of what it says about Steinem and the CIA that is true" in the first place.
Redstockings, a feminist group from the 70s which took a pretty hardline anti-Steinem and anti-CIA stance, put out a lot of good stuff but it's all buried in print sources and very hard to find. This interview is good though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdi_5cckbXA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdi_5cckbXA
- gotostatement 6y agoThere are plenty of reputable sources for radical ideas that don't spew antisemitism, antifeminism, racism, and homophobia. I find it impossible to take this seriously as a source for anything at all, it has lost all credibility for me. Like I said, not doubting the Steinem-CIA connection, but there's no point in reading about it on that website.
- AndrewBissell 6y agoI think that's a fair perspective in this case, I was put off by much of what is on that site as well, although I would counter that the article from a Hoover Institute scholar that is the original link for this thread is its own brand of "worthless" which people will nevertheless read and refer to. I did manage to find a Twitter thread with much of the Redstockings' takedown: https://twitter.com/earwulf/status/956306937729245184 https://twitter.com/earwulf/status/956306937729245184
- recursivedoubts 6y agoAvoiding the genetic fallacy? This would involve a lot more thinking... Seems hard and also potentially dangerous.
- gotostatement 6y agothere's a difference: automatically negating ideas due to the proponent would be a fallacy. refusing to take a proponent as a reputable source when they espouse other ridiculous and dangerous things is just common sense
- recursivedoubts 6y agomarx espoused ridiculous and dangerous things i recommend reading him
- gotostatement 6y agonice deflection. have a good day