Trolls and conspiracy theorists making the YouTube shooter a free speech martyr(theverge.com)
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Trolls and conspiracy theorists making the YouTube shooter a free speech martyr
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/4/17198774/youtube-headquarters-shooting-censorship-free-speech-martyr
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If you always find yourself liking things mostly unsavory people like, maybe you should think about that thing.
Your definition of unsavory is likely different then someone else’s.
I like whisky. I presume people who fit your definition of unsavory do as well. Should I re-evaluate my appreciation of whisky?
I like whisky. I presume people who fit your definition of unsavory do as well. Should I re-evaluate my appreciation of whisky?
Exactly, you'll commit a ton of unforced Type 1 errors.
Is that really a good heuristic? It doesn't seem like people's morality should correlate with their factual correctness.
EDIT: At least after controlling for IQ.
EDIT: At least after controlling for IQ.
Indeed. Most people I've talked to who have such views think quite a lot about that because it makes them uncomfortable. Myself included.
That way dictatorship lies...
The article touches on the reasonable discussion with the paragraph that begins... "Many people are legitimately discussing the issues that allegedly motivated Aghdam."
In this case, they take an otherwise defendable belief (censorship kills) and make clear the unsavory company you will find yourself in, should you choose to go public with this belief.