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I don’t have to. Using a Gish gallop of bad arguments doesn’t impose some moral imperative on me to prove every single one wrong.
by isoskeles 5y ago
I don’t have to. Using a Gish gallop of bad arguments doesn’t impose some moral imperative on me to prove every single one wrong.
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- kelnos 5y agoNo, but I think that raises the question of why you think the quoted bit above is a bad argument. It tracks with various reports I've seen linked in HN on this topic over the past couple years.
- isoskeles 5y agoI know that 95% of the time I see a Gish gallop of identity politics, it's not an argument to engage in at all because even when you do, you're called racist yourself unless you subserviently agree with every aspect of the argument. The identity politics argument is often a tempting one because it allows people to act righteously indignant and feel powerful. Case in point, here's someone saying, 'How can you even handwave away systemic racism?' in reply to a comment agreeing that bias exists but is not deliberate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29164295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29164295 Also, the identity politics argument seems to hinder a simple, moral argument against surveillance software as a violation of privacy. The logical implication of the IP argument is that this surveillance software would be okay to use if we manage to work out all the kinks.