And I genuinely do believe that there’s a real harm to linking to sites like VDARE.
There is, in my opinion, but a different kind of harm. Accusations of racism, whether based on fact or not, are contagious. Being social species, we cannot afford to ignore the questions of status.
That’s why I never call anyone a racist. We all fuck up and say racist things sometimes. But if we can’t call each other on it, we’ll never stop doing it. For a group of people who aim to be “Less Wrong” to say that we can’t call something racism because we’ve been too mind-killed, or because our status would suffer, would be sad indeed.
When you say “a different kind of harm”, can you be a bit more explicit?
There is, in my opinion, but a different kind of harm. Accusations of racism, whether based on fact or not, are contagious. Being social species, we cannot afford to ignore the questions of status.
That’s why I never call anyone a racist. We all fuck up and say racist things sometimes. But if we can’t call each other on it, we’ll never stop doing it. For a group of people who aim to be “Less Wrong” to say that we can’t call something racism because we’ve been too mind-killed, or because our status would suffer, would be sad indeed.
When you say “a different kind of harm”, can you be a bit more explicit?