Did you seriously expect the SPLC to say “this guy is an evil racist who hates immigrants, but he brings up sound, quantitative points that we ought to consider”?
No. What I don’t expect is for somebody who does decent work to end up on Hatewatch. Which is what you said I should expect. Which I don’t. Because I shouldn’t. Because the stuff about immigration which ends up on Hatewatch actually tends to be in the indefensible territory.
Thank you for repeating the question; that made it clearer what you were interested in.
Good, so we’ll be answering it!
In my opinion, strongly caring whether or not Bill is a racist is a mistake. There are reputational concerns about associating with racists, but I think it is poor epistemic hygiene to weight those concerns highly.
No, we’ll be saying it’s not worth answering. Well shit.
No. What I don’t expect is for somebody who does decent work to end up on Hatewatch. Which is what you said I should expect. Which I don’t. Because I shouldn’t. Because the stuff about immigration which ends up on Hatewatch actually tends to be in the indefensible territory.
Good, so we’ll be answering it!
No, we’ll be saying it’s not worth answering. Well shit.