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throwawayacc6on NYT Contributors’ Letter

>The NYT is in no way far left. It's a fairly centrist, vaguely middle-right publication. They have the occasional leftist essay, but far more often their op-eds are very strangely right-wing.

This comment is so false and divorced from reality it may be some Russian/Chinese/etc. disinformation campaign: https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

>you could have said "I know you are but what am I" and it would've been easier and have the same ef

nuance is dead and internet comment sections killed it

This is an /r/selfawarewolves tier post.

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

>It's not even an argument, it's a rhetorical fallacy

It is an argument, and it's not a rhetorical fallacy.

>There really is no good reason for you to conduct yourself this way.

Maybe I was being a bit much.

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

>Oh, I get it.

WHOOSH! No you don't.

>You think you are demonstrating that the post you are mocking is meaningless because you can artificially insert other words to it in an arbitrary fashion that renders it meaningless?

They're not arbitrary, nor were they inserted.

>Shocking that you are being smarmy about it,

IMAX-level projection.

>I guess that comes with the territory of not realizing the pie is in your own face.

/r/selfawarewolves gold.

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

You're almost there!

This is an /r/selfawarewolves tier post.

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

I think this article comes very close to saying "don't let words affect you", which is fundamentally impossible to ask anyone to do and taken to it's logical conclusion I should also not absorb anything in the article. I also think this article also ignores the fact that hateful people often use the language of free speech to justify their own behavior and to punish their critics.

Everyday on the internet I see White people threatened, disrespected, or legislated out of existence... then the ensuing backlash in which people try to reassert the rights of White people... and then the backlash to the backlash is always "these neo-Nazi cons trying to cancel us are the real gulag runners". It's exhausting. Infuriating.

Some speech suppresses the speech of others. And some people don't want to be taught that they are hateful. If you make declarative statements that villainize majority groups, you make others fear for their safety and it silences voices. That is a form of "violent speech", though that term sucks. Free speech isn't just about saying anything you want, it's also about maximizing the number of voices at the table, and to do that you can't just let people get away with saying vile shit.

throwawayacc6on Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

>Imagine that I've applied lidocaine to my face and you punch me. Then someone points out that because I didn't feel pain, that "It's ok to punch other people in the face."

Your entire strawman is invalidated because the author wrote "hurt", not "pained". Even if you didn't feel pain, a punch still hurts (injures) your body. QED.

Hurt: To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure.[0]

>What a completely deranged take.

Reread your comment over again if you want a completely deranged take.

[0] https://www.wordnik.com/words/hurt

throwawayacc6on Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing language

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

It's like going to a Wendy's and instead of asking "how much for the burger" you start a conversation like "I am bald. Do you like bald people? Is this Wendy's aware of bald people existence? Do you recognize us as people? Do you stand by our side or not?"

Then you review the Wendy's: "Did not speak my language. Not bald. Probably racist. Won't come again."

throwawayacc6on Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing language

This is a non-sequitur. Normal != average.

throwawayacc6on Record levels of sadness in teen girls, CDC reports

https://archive.is/HyqTa

throwawayacc6on Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academic hiring

There are dozens of laws, cases, court decisions, etc.: https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/966/harmful-to-mino...

throwawayacc6on How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science

A Google doc prepared by a high priestess of grievance studies means less than nothing. Provide me a reputable study with real statistical analysis and objective figures like I did.

throwawayacc6on How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science

I'm not opening a random Google Doc. That's not a reputable study.

>Also, your comment history shows a definite bias.

"You said something that goes against the narrative so I'm going to dig through your history to find something I dislike so I can commit an ad hominem against the heretic."

Yes, I have a penchant for being fact driven. I'm biased towards reality.

throwawayacc6on How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science

>The increase in Asian hate was not led by Black Americans

Yes it was.

>I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which group was the number one culprit of such vile acts -- from simple assault to mass murder.

Let's look at the objective facts backed by data: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv18.pdf

Table 14

Asians were the only group more likely to be attacked by someone of a different race. Blacks were the most frequent aggressors. 27% of attacks were from Black aggressors. 24% were from White aggressors. Blacks make up 13% of the population, so they are WAY more likely per capita to attack Asians than Whites. QED.

inb4 this is from 2018. If you have numbers from a latter reputable study, please provide them here, but the facts are facts. Blacks are the number one perpetrators of crime against Asians.

[Edit] No feathers rustled here, you're just projecting after being called out. I simply enjoy being a data driven adult.

throwawayacc6on How ‘Diversity’ Policing Fails Science

https://archive.is/62ktx

throwawayacc6on Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academic hiring

>after having me attest to being over 18.

That is required by federal law. Same reason you have to attest to being over 18 on porn sites.

throwawayacc6on Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC within a company

I love DIE because I'm a quarter Black. I leverage every DIE initiative I can, in college, in software companies, everywhere I declare myself as "Black". When I finally stroll in for the first day, the HR coordinator and others are shocked that someone as White as Bill Clinton "identifies" as Black.

And we've gone full circle: it's like I need to carry a card around to show my quadroon status because it's just unbelievable. We're back to brown paper bag tests and racial purity.

throwawayacc6on Ask HN: Is it unwise to post conservative opinions as a tech worker?

Are you me? Do we work at the same company?! The palpable fear and walking on eggshells as you described perfectly mirrors my own experience. It was so "unbelievably childish and pervasive". Sometimes I felt like the only sane person, alone on an island.

Again mirroring your experience, it’s nowhere near as bad as it used to be. My opinion is this decline is tied to "once it can be named, it can be damned." Once people started calling out "wokeness" and laughing, general online leftism lost some of its power. Things as simple as retorting with "CURRENT THING, pronouns in profile" with a laughing emoji have proven powerful on Twitter. You can also see the visceral reaction from being called out. The only ones hurt by using the word "woke" are those who are "woke" themselves. It's an easily identifiable defense mechanism.

throwawayacc6on Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014

Has anyone else experienced a gigantic degradation in Amazon's search over the past 5 or so years? Even when searching for a specific part number, the results are packed full of obviously fake unrelated items from shady sellers. The reviews are obviously fake as well, but they're all five stars. Amazon is unusable.

throwawayacc6on Do we live in a society without a counterculture?

That's happening in spite of BLM being endlessly supported. Doesn't negate the fact that BLM is supported by "literally every news outlet [save Fox News], major tech company, big 5 sports league, F1000, university, and at least half of the political class" AND the US government [0].

[0] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-embassies-authorized-hang...

throwawayacc6on Yahoo is making a return to search

Takes away from athletic scholarships, academic scholarships, etc. that are designed for biological women.