Sam Harris Drops Patreon - Other Creators Follow

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Munn75 said:

I think the latter part of this thread highlights an important issue. There is so much focus on a single word without looking too deeply into the context or maybe intention is a better way of putting it. Personally, it's a word I don't use. When I see it used by others, context/intention is key. It's usually pretty easy to see if someone is saying it out of malice with evil intent or for some other reason. I personally think it is a dangerous word to use but it does seem to pop up in music, comedy, etc.

That said, here is the real issue. Get rid of the word completely. Problem solved? No. Racist behavior will continue to exist. Just saying the word doesn't automatically make you racist. Many people who never openly say the word are actually racist.

The biggest problem these days is the lack of discussion. Bad ideas should be ridiculed not forbidden because latter option tends to radicalize. If I could tell Sargon anything, it would be that his use of the words while not racist/bigoted, are distracting and not helpful. Now we are talking about and focusing on the wrong things. I'm far more concerned about people's action than their words. It also gives opposition and easy way to ignore many of the valid arguments he has made before and after by simply shouting "racist".

"Bad ideas should be ridiculed not forbidden"

 

another important thing to note here is that quite often we will not know that an idea is really "bad" unless we've thoroughly analysed it

this is why we have all of this great technology, for example, some crazy person stuck their neck out proposing something new and because they were allowed to push their idea they made life better for everyone

the oversensitive morons constantly looking for the next way to virtue signal don't understand this of course, if we turned the clock back a few centuries, they would have been the ones burning "witches" at the stake