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I despise vague and quasi-anonymous attacks like this. "Trust me, online person, I, a random netizen, have made a moral judgment and you should have complete fa
by IAmBroom 3mo ago
I despise vague and quasi-anonymous attacks like this. "Trust me, online person, I, a random netizen, have made a moral judgment and you should have complete faith in it."
Google summarizes the controversy thus, from Wikipedia:
"John Derbyshire is an American journalist and political commentator. He was one of the last paleoconservatives at the National Review, until he was fired in 2012 for writing an article for Taki's Magazine that was widely described as racist. Since 2012 he has written for white nationalist website VDARE. Wikipedia
- smokedetector1 3mo agoWould you prefer OC was more specific, ie “the author turned out to be a racist”, or do you have an issue with calling someone like this despicable?
- linksnapzz 3mo agoI always read that word as though it were being pronounced by Daffy Duck; "you're dethpikable!".
- cwmoore 3mo agoIs it not obvious? Replace “fairly despicable” with “white nationalist” instead of whatever anyone might imagine could make a mathematician despicable?
- smokedetector1 3mo agoWhy does this shorthand upset you?
- cwmoore 3mo agoI am not upset. It is obviously obstusely, impenetrably vague. What is your problem?
- cwillu 3mo agoA shorthand is generally unambiguous in context; this was not.
- smokedetector1 3mo agoWhy does it matter to you so much that OC is unambiguous?
- IAmBroom 3mo agoObviously, I would prefer OC was more specific. I said as much.
- smokedetector1 3mo agoGenuine question: are you on the spectrum? I find this reaction strange
- IAmBroom 3mo agoWait... so you are perfectly OK with hating someone on the basis of some random online poster telling you that you should, with no explanation? Wow.
- smokedetector1 3mo agoI don’t automatically hate someone because someone calls them despicable