There’s a difference between “neoreactionary” and “expresses skepticism against Progressive Orthodoxy”. Paul Graham might be guilty of the latter, but there’s certainly little evidence to judge him guilty of the former.
Paul Graham might be guilty of the latter, but there’s certainly little evidence to judge him guilty of the former.
I wasn’t aware we were a courtroom and we were holding our opinions to a level of ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’. I was pointing out that silence is often consent & agreement (which it certainly is), that PG has expressed quite a few opinions a neoreactionary might also hold (consistent with holding neoreactionary views, albeit weak evidence), and he has been silent on the article (weak evidence, to be sure, but again, consistent).
that PG has expressed quite a few opinions a neoreactionary might also hold
IAWYC but the relevant standard is “which a neoreactionary is more likely to hold than a non-reactionary”. I’d guess both Ozy Frantz and Eugine_Nier would agree about the colour of the sky, but...
There’s a difference between “neoreactionary” and “expresses skepticism against Progressive Orthodoxy”. Paul Graham might be guilty of the latter, but there’s certainly little evidence to judge him guilty of the former.
Are you and Konkvistador using the word with different meanings, the former narrower and the latter broader? or am I missing something? or...
I wasn’t aware we were a courtroom and we were holding our opinions to a level of ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’. I was pointing out that silence is often consent & agreement (which it certainly is), that PG has expressed quite a few opinions a neoreactionary might also hold (consistent with holding neoreactionary views, albeit weak evidence), and he has been silent on the article (weak evidence, to be sure, but again, consistent).
Paul Graham is also a cultural liberal and has the resulting biases. Look at the last section of this essay for a dramatic example.