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It comes from this short story: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ Basic
by QuadmasterXLII 2y ago
It comes from this short story: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/
Basically, a scissor statement is a series of words optimized to split a group of people along a novel faultline, and then make them fight.