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John W Buaas
@johnwbuaas.bsky.social

Man. I know I'm guilty of an ad hominem here, but: Just based on my looking at this guy, I'm having very uncharitable thoughts about the *real* reasons he's a standard-bearer for eugenics.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
@olivia.science

it's not ad hom if it's a conclusion and not a starting point LMAO so you're fine: it's abuse, but we punch nazis too, so there's a nuance

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science

I agree, yeah, it's the tough dialectic between saying things that factually hurt Nazis' feelings, but also reproduce their logic... like how we punch Nazis, but not random people. And it's a discussion on how to hurt them without reproducing their logic that I think we don't have enough, indeed.

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John W Buaas
@johnwbuaas.bsky.social

Well, thanks. I'd always tell my students, Attack the argument and not the person making the argument; but good heavens: Looking at him, the better angels of my nature suddenly seemed to have gone on vacation. So, thanks for assuaging my rhetorical discomfort there.