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> For example, when someone calls a statement "x-ist," they're also implicitly saying that this is the end of the discussion If that's how Graham reads such st
by erikpukinskis 5y ago
> For example, when someone calls a statement "x-ist," they're also implicitly saying that this is the end of the discussion
If that's how Graham reads such statements, isn't he basically saying "It's heresy to call a statement x-ist" in his presence?
What am I missing, this seems totally hypocritical given the rest of his argument?
- rendang 5y agoDoes Graham say people who make those statements should be ostracized and fired? I don't see the parallel at all.
- erikpukinskis 5y agoNo, he’s not saying that. I interpreted it as saying, for him, as soon as he hears one of those words, the conversation is over. Which… sounds like… if not heresy, then taboo?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoNo, he's not saying that. He's saying that, when person A says something, and person B says that the statement is x-ist, person B intends that to end the conversation. In particular, person B intends that they not have to actually refute person A's statement. PG's reaction isn't the point at all. The point is the speaker's intent.
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