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He didn't even mean it in a racist way. He had nothing against black people. He thought saying it saves him from CIA monitoring, and his usage usually referred

He didn't even mean it in a racist way. He had nothing against black people. He thought saying it saves him from CIA monitoring, and his usage usually referred to groups of predominantly white people ("CIA n..." was his most common usage).

thinkingemote 6y ago
I love this explanation even if I don't believe it! The idea that a kind of forced toxicity can be a necessary protection to do good is worthy of a dystopian sci fi novel! It's similar to the forced obscurity of the Urbit project.
- emteycz 6y ago
  Believe it as much as you'd believe a guy who thought that aliens and the CIA are working together to prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ and the God turned him into the smartest programmer in the world because he's The Chosen One to fight them by making an operating system based on God's direct instructions. It's his own words, and consistent with his behavior; he shared positivity towards black people too. He absolutely wasn't racist pre-schizofrenia - also a total atheist.
- setr 6y ago
  >The idea that a kind of forced toxicity can be a necessary protection to do good is worthy of a dystopian sci fi novel! I don't know if it's fair to call it forced toxicity, so much as psuedo-toxicity; he's using it as red herring (or maybe a honeypot?) and following the rule: if you specifically want to be avoided by cancel culture... just get yourself cancelled :) That is, he's using the toxic word without the toxic meaning, to bypass shallow filters that lack the nuance to catch on. I'd say it's more of a kafkaesque bureaucratic distopia than a sci-fi one
mbStavola 6y ago
This is simply not true. You can find instances of Terry from his homeless period (sad that this is even a sentence I can write) where he uses the same slur for random black people passing by, without the CIA affiliation. There are also a lot of instances where that slur is used in the context of calling something dumb or a bad idea. I do not blame Terry, he was obviously extremely unwell. However it's pretty bold to claim that there wasn't a racial connection with his use of, uh, racial slurs.

thinkingemote 6y ago

I love this explanation even if I don't believe it! The idea that a kind of forced toxicity can be a necessary protection to do good is worthy of a dystopian sci fi novel! It's similar to the forced obscurity of the Urbit project.

emteycz 6y ago
Believe it as much as you'd believe a guy who thought that aliens and the CIA are working together to prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ and the God turned him into the smartest programmer in the world because he's The Chosen One to fight them by making an operating system based on God's direct instructions. It's his own words, and consistent with his behavior; he shared positivity towards black people too. He absolutely wasn't racist pre-schizofrenia - also a total atheist.
setr 6y ago
>The idea that a kind of forced toxicity can be a necessary protection to do good is worthy of a dystopian sci fi novel! I don't know if it's fair to call it forced toxicity, so much as psuedo-toxicity; he's using it as red herring (or maybe a honeypot?) and following the rule: if you specifically want to be avoided by cancel culture... just get yourself cancelled :) That is, he's using the toxic word without the toxic meaning, to bypass shallow filters that lack the nuance to catch on. I'd say it's more of a kafkaesque bureaucratic distopia than a sci-fi one

mbStavola 6y ago

This is simply not true. You can find instances of Terry from his homeless period (sad that this is even a sentence I can write) where he uses the same slur for random black people passing by, without the CIA affiliation. There are also a lot of instances where that slur is used in the context of calling something dumb or a bad idea. I do not blame Terry, he was obviously extremely unwell. However it's pretty bold to claim that there wasn't a racial connection with his use of, uh, racial slurs.