fleegar

@shoutplenty

“dogwhistles”

i said a while ago that one of the bases of liberalism (relatedly, sjw-ism) is guilt by association, and it’s good to assess the pros and cons of the kind of approach i’ve quoted here [1/7] https://twitter.com/waitmanb/status/1780170180045254908

4/16/2024, 3:41:53 PM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

what’s useful about the kinda argument is to raise *awareness* of associations. everyone would rather be aware if their fanhood of classical european culture is correlated with racism. this goes double for politics, where you have to assess authors’ biases

4/16/2024, 3:41:54 PM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

while it’s necessary to be open to the idea that smth is a front for smth else, i’ve noticed the average person reads these links as logical implications. they get conditioned by their role models to classify their own views as null hypotheses and others’ views as dogwhistles

4/16/2024, 3:41:55 PM

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fleegar

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null hypothesis meaning explained by randomness, or just assuming good faith

a classic example is “anti-vax” – libs tend to be very controlled by the establishment on this topic, so immediately associate dissenting stances with the far-right and are blind to the big pharma lobby

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