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If you take the most uncharitable interpretation of the most extreme position, then of course the backlash looks justified. But have you tried actually understa
by pannSun 4y ago
If you take the most uncharitable interpretation of the most extreme position, then of course the backlash looks justified. But have you tried actually understanding the "other side"?
- ryandrake 4y agoThe point is that the extreme positions are the ones typically resulting in backlash. Nobody is being canceled because they speak out against the capital gains tax. "Oh, you know the ones"[1] 1: https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744?lang=en https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...
- trention 4y agoAh, yes, like the extreme position of being against affirmative action: https://www.thefire.org/news/ilya-shapiro-resigns-georgetown-following-reinstatement-after-122-day-investigation-tweets https://www.thefire.org/news/ilya-shapiro-resigns-georgetown...
- pannSun 4y agoHere are a few examples of non-extreme/factual positions resulting in backlash: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33800802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33800802
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