I completely disagree. Their grasp of politics is largely based on meta-contrarianism, and has failed to “snap back” into basing one’s views on a positive program whose goodness and rationality can be argued for with evidence.
Their grasp of politics is largely based on meta-contrarianism, and has failed to “snap back” into basing one’s views on a positive program whose goodness and rationality can be argued for with evidence.
Huh? HBD’ers are making observations about the world, they do not have a “positive program”. As for NRx, they do have a positive program do use evidence to argue for it, see the NRx thread and the various blogs linked there for some examples.
Makes sense to whom? They are capable of making converts, so they are capable of making sense to some people...people who 90% agree with them already. It’s called dog whistle. Not being hearable by some people is built in.
Yes, what they say frequently makes a lot more sense than the mainstream position on the issue in question.
I completely disagree. Their grasp of politics is largely based on meta-contrarianism, and has failed to “snap back” into basing one’s views on a positive program whose goodness and rationality can be argued for with evidence.
Huh? HBD’ers are making observations about the world, they do not have a “positive program”. As for NRx, they do have a positive program do use evidence to argue for it, see the NRx thread and the various blogs linked there for some examples.
Makes sense to whom? They are capable of making converts, so they are capable of making sense to some people...people who 90% agree with them already. It’s called dog whistle. Not being hearable by some people is built in.