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Why are you so sure that the 15-year-old Tumblrinas are not the true Scotsmen? I mean, it's clear that you're defending a more reasonable version of the claim
by waqf 11y ago
Why are you so sure that the 15-year-old Tumblrinas are not the true Scotsmen?
I mean, it's clear that you're defending a more reasonable version of the claim and GP is attacking a more unreasonable one, but it's not clear to me which of those is going to win out as the common understanding associated with the expression "privilege theory".
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoI think that the "common understanding" of pretty much any political idea, no matter where it lies on the spectrum, is going to be mostly composed of soundbites and tweets and memes, because those are the easiest to ingest and repost. It's easy to get a strawman idea from that, but to get to to the heart of an idea you need to read the TL;DR stuff too. If you're afraid that the superficially furious people are going to win out over the reasonable, thoughtful people on issue X, then the best thing you can do is try to understand issue X and promote the reasonable approach to it. Just saying "All Xs suck as proven by this misspelled Tumblr post" will only further polarize the dialogue and help shout down (or radicalize) the reasonable people.
- Flimm 11y agoI love it when a conversation moves beyond the typical argument and counter-argument. Thank you!
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoYou're welcome! I've been making a conscious effort to be less of a curmudgeon online these days. I got tired of being angry all the time.