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Nothing about what I said means that values are static over time or that the balance can't shift. It's true that today's crazies at the edge might be tomorrows
by eloff 6y ago
Nothing about what I said means that values are static over time or that the balance can't shift. It's true that today's crazies at the edge might be tomorrows center - although I find that thought troubling!
But make no mistake, the extremes at both ends harbor dangerous crazies. In politics, while the evils of the right are obvious and dangerous, the evils of the left are much more seductive but have been just as dangerous this past century (think fascists vs communists).
On gender issues, the incels are clearly unhinged. But so are the extreme feminists.
- eloff 6y agoJust an aside, I've noticed that anything I post criticizing the right gets me upvotes on HN. Anything criticizing the left is much more controversial. I wonder how HN leans as a whole? I view myself as left of center, but not left enough by the standards of this community. I just find that interesting.
- michaelpb 6y agoI've have had the opposite observation, probably has a lot to do with whoever is in the particular thread