I didn’t provide quotes from my text when the mismatch was obvious enough from any read/skim of the text.
It was not obvious to me, although that’s largely because after reading what you’ve written I had difficulty understanding what your position was at all precisely. It also definitely wasn’t obvious to jimrandomh, who wrote that Elizabeth’s summary of your position is accurate. It might be obvious to you, but as written this is a factual statement about the world that is demonstrably false.
My proposal is not suppressing public discussion of plant-based nutrition, but constructing some more holistic approach whose shape isn’t solely focused on plant-based diets, or whose tone and framing aren’t like this one (more in my text).
I’m confused. You say that you don’t want to suppress public discussion of plant-based nutrition, but also that you do want to suppress Elizabeth’s work. I don’t know how we could get something that matches Elizabeth’s level of rigor, accomplishes your goal of a holistic approach, and doesn’t require at least 3 times the work from the author to investigate all other comparable diets to ensure that veganism isn’t singled out. Simplicity is a virtue in this community!
I don’t think it’s true private communications “prevent us from getting the information” in important ways (even if taking into account the social dynamics dimension of things will always, of course, be a further hindrance). And also, I don’t think public communications give us some of the most important information.
This sounds, to me, like you are arguing against public discussions. Then in the next sentence you say you’re not suppressing public discussions. Those are in fact very slightly different things since arguing that something isn’t the best mode of communication is distinct from promoting suppression of that thing, but this seems like a really small deal. You might ask Elizabeth something like “hey, could you change ‘promotes the suppression of x’ with ‘argues strongly that x shouldn’t happen’? It would match my beliefs more precisely.” This seems nitpicky to me, but if it’s important to you it seems like the sort of thing Elizabeth Elizabeth might go for. It also wouldn’t involve asking her to either delete a bunch of her work or make another guess at what you actually mean.
In any event, I will stop engaging now.
Completely reasonable, don’t feel compelled to respond.
It was not obvious to me, although that’s largely because after reading what you’ve written I had difficulty understanding what your position was
at allprecisely. It also definitely wasn’t obvious to jimrandomh, who wrote that Elizabeth’s summary of your position is accurate. It might be obvious to you, but as written this is a factual statement about the world that is demonstrably false.I’m confused. You say that you don’t want to suppress public discussion of plant-based nutrition, but also that you do want to suppress Elizabeth’s work. I don’t know how we could get something that matches Elizabeth’s level of rigor, accomplishes your goal of a holistic approach, and doesn’t require at least 3 times the work from the author to investigate all other comparable diets to ensure that veganism isn’t singled out. Simplicity is a virtue in this community!
This sounds, to me, like you are arguing against public discussions. Then in the next sentence you say you’re not suppressing public discussions. Those are in fact very slightly different things since arguing that something isn’t the best mode of communication is distinct from promoting suppression of that thing, but this seems like a really small deal. You might ask Elizabeth something like “hey, could you change ‘promotes the suppression of x’ with ‘argues strongly that x shouldn’t happen’? It would match my beliefs more precisely.” This seems nitpicky to me, but if it’s important to you it seems like the sort of thing Elizabeth Elizabeth might go for. It also wouldn’t involve asking her to either delete a bunch of her work or make another guess at what you actually mean.
Completely reasonable, don’t feel compelled to respond.