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> radicals don't see nuance Hard disagree. A nuanced view, the ability to tease differences apart, is disruptive to the status quo. Radicalism is often the em

• OKRainbowKid 2y ago
  Interesting interpretation, that seems to be almost diametrically opposed to this definition from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/radical https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/radical "relating to the most important parts of something or someone; complete or extreme"
  • haukurb 2y ago
    The parent comment was making a philosophical argument, not a semantics one.
• SubiculumCode 2y ago
  There is something to what you say, but perhaps you should have responded, "Nuanced Disagree". But in seriousness, I mean nuance as the ablity to see and acknowledge the complexities, and consider fairly evidence that does not support your position...this is an effortful task, and you cannot build a movement for change by telling people to consider all facets, in fact the opposite, you provide frameworks that discourage or shortcut those introspective processes. AKA indoctrination is not nuance. I also think it's pretty common for radicals to become nuanced between shades of their own radicalism, but be completely blind elsewhere. I'll end by saying this, "No biologist was ever an essentialist"
• reducesuffering 2y ago
  > Radicalism is often the embrace of nuance that other people deny exists. That's a nice ideological soundbite that is wishful thinking. When observed in practice, both opposite ends of radicalism are most prone to discussing none of the nuance. Just think of the radical ends of this issue...