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I'm going to assume that you're making this argument in good faith. But it's a bad argument in its structure. In particular you're misrepresenting what I'm sayi
by javajosh 4y ago
I'm going to assume that you're making this argument in good faith. But it's a bad argument in its structure. In particular you're misrepresenting what I'm saying, and implying I'm saying that no one other than Americans uses the site. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that most of the users are American. As such it makes practical sense to assume users are American unless they state otherwise. That's it. That's my point.
I'm not saying that non-americans don't use the site. I'm not saying they're not welcome. Both of those statements are obviously false.
Speculative outrage that defies common sense is a big component of the troubles liberal culture is experiencing today. It is always possible to take everything personally, so demonstrating that you can take things personally is profoundly uninteresting. And worse it distracts from the best thing about discussion: all the cool ideas we can share with each other.