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I don’t think it’s nearly that cut-and-dry. A core question is whether or not it’s useful to engage in the discussion. If I were involved in a public debate fo
by dpark 5y ago
I don’t think it’s nearly that cut-and-dry. A core question is whether or not it’s useful to engage in the discussion.
If I were involved in a public debate for some reason and someone asked me, “suppose that blacks ares naturally inferior to whites…”, I would likely also decline the “discourse decoupling”. It’s hard to see how that conversation is going to go anywhere useful and it feels very much like granting a platform for a white supremacist to speak to white supremacy supporters.
- burntsushi 5y agoI probably would too. And I think that's unfortunate. Such a premise could be interesting to explore, particularly in the realm of an argument by contradiction. It seems unlikely for an adult to find that interesting, but a child? Maybe. I think the situation would be much better if the worst thing that happened is that people simply declined to have the conversation. But things often escalate beyond that.