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> Writing an entire blog post on "woke" is the definition of virtue signaling. A bit more nuanced than that, and I think you're technically wrong. Writing a se

> Writing an entire blog post on "woke" is the definition of virtue signaling. A bit more nuanced than that, and I think you're technically wrong. Writing a serious piece to an audience that is already there to seek out opinions from that individual known to be opinionated, is not the same as shoving opinions in people's faces when they least expect it, and/or in a sneaky off-topic way. > And wrt to the neo-Nazi accusation, you know what they say: what do they call nine people sitting at a table with a Nazi? Ten Nazis. Another great way to make 10 nazis out of 9 is to water down the definition of the word and to apply it judiciously to everyone who disagrees with you or is even simply willing to hear certain opinions that you strongly disagree with (whether they are right or wrong is irrelevant, the nazi in that situation is you).

theossuary 2y ago
> Writing a serious piece to an audience that is already there to seek out opinions from that individual I certainly didn't seek out his opinion on culture war topics. The actual nuanced take would be: A business writer with no political knowledge decides to weigh in on politics in a clearly performative way. > whether they are right or wrong is irrelevant, the nazi in that situation is you Ther irony hurts, you claim calling others a Nazi for associating and supporting Nazis is wrong, but I'm also actually the Nazi for saying it? What happened to free speech?
- celdon25 2y ago
  > A business writer with no political knowledge decides to weigh in on politics in a clearly performative way. Um, no. Wokeism is definitely within his wheelhouse as a VC, as it plays a big role in corporate policies, and macro market conditions, even in tech. > associating and supporting Nazis is wrong That wasn't your original quote, you mentioned seating positions. Unless you just mistakenly left out the part about it being in a prison I don't see how that original statement makes sense.

theossuary 2y ago

> Writing a serious piece to an audience that is already there to seek out opinions from that individual I certainly didn't seek out his opinion on culture war topics. The actual nuanced take would be: A business writer with no political knowledge decides to weigh in on politics in a clearly performative way. > whether they are right or wrong is irrelevant, the nazi in that situation is you Ther irony hurts, you claim calling others a Nazi for associating and supporting Nazis is wrong, but I'm also actually the Nazi for saying it? What happened to free speech?

celdon25 2y ago
> A business writer with no political knowledge decides to weigh in on politics in a clearly performative way. Um, no. Wokeism is definitely within his wheelhouse as a VC, as it plays a big role in corporate policies, and macro market conditions, even in tech. > associating and supporting Nazis is wrong That wasn't your original quote, you mentioned seating positions. Unless you just mistakenly left out the part about it being in a prison I don't see how that original statement makes sense.