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				What is your favorite Motte post ever?
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Links, or none of the posts being talked about in the comments happened.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No I am not. It was a silly prompt which I responded to in a silly but plausible manner before you showed up at Defon one threatening to hit me with the banhammer.


How are you any different than the Reddit mods who force the Motte to move away from Reddit? Because I struggle to see a difference.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You're probably too young to understand this, but your self value doesn't (shouldn't) derive to how much power you wield over people online.


Again, you may want to pause and reflect.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bro. Take a deep breath. There was nothing "culture war" about my post.


Learn to appreciate life and if you find yourself being overly critical, take a break.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Not even a "fast reversal" as much as hoping to stop the exponential acceleration without allowing basic questions to be asked.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I didn't ignore the rules. I answered the prompt honestly and directly.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Von Der Leyen went beyond warning, she threatened the people of Italy if they voted for Meloni. The only thing worse than nationalism is globalism. I love Meloni and I understand why the evil politicians in Germany and France hate her, but I don't understand why ordinary people do, unless they just go with the media flow.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Whenever I hear the term, "far right," what I hear in my mind is "90's liberal." You may need to clarify what exactly you mean by that, making clear how your definition is distinct from partisan media painting anyone they don't like as fascist.


If you believe that "Family, country, God" is "far right" then you should recognize that is almost half the country. And that also means over 90% of people in the last thousand years have been fascist.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bruh the definition of culture war is overly broad. You have Hall Monitor-itis. Take a break!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
    

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    I don't feel the dread you mention about "whites becoming the minority" but I do feel concern in relation to the genocidal glee when leftists discuss the subject. Like it's not a big deal to me but it seems like a** really big deal **for my political outgroup and that gives me pause.
    

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    Regarding your employee's existential climate angst, it reminded me of this article by the Ethical Skeptic. Beware of the perdocent in your workplace. https://theethicalskeptic.com/2021/12/18/perdocent-opposite-of-the-autodidact/
    

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Perdocent


/PER-dŭ-sĕnt; from Latin perdoceo – teach, educate, drill, train/ – the state of pretense, lack in diligence, or intellectual compromise wherein one bears an inability to learn and apply, outside the context of a course of instruction


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bruh, I was simply responding to the prompt.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				[META] Out Of The Frying Pan, Into A Different Frying Pan
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Good rounded criticism without even broaching the mountain of skulls. If anyone wants to talk about that then I suggest this substack post.


https://graymirror.substack.com/p/is-effective-altruism-effective


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for September 23, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Has there been any attempts to reach out to Sneer club since the move off Reddit? Perhaps we could offer shared hosting/servers? I would be willing to donate some cash for such a move in the spirit of "love your enemies" (for they keep you epistemologically humble.)


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The original disparity = discrimination impetus was feminism.


Why aren't there equal ratio of female CEO's?


While the approach isn't sound logically, it is extremely powerful at a memetic level, bonding feminists together in a holy war against their obvious perceived oppression.


It was so succesful with feminism that it was ported into race relations, and gay issues, and now trans movement.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's the control and manipulation of the Overton window that drives the narrative. Hence terms like Antivaxxer, which was updated to mean anyone who opposes any regulations or laws regarding vaccines. If you oppose three or more MRNA boosters for infants, congrats, you are an antivaxxer!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Also, they still get paid even if their kids can't read. Point taken.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
'believes and repeats a variety of bizarre conspiracy theories about whole word learning as an evil plot to do x,"


There's a comment below that is a steelman of the homeschooler's paranoia- that Paolo Freiro explicitly calls for Marxist Revolutionary concepts to be taught/indoctrinated in school using techniques designed with such goals in mind, i.e. whole word learning.


It's not undue "paranoia" if the neomarxism is being pushed/funded from positions of money and authority.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
"I believe the lasts time I looked into it I saw that the average IQ of a public-school teacher in the United States is about 102. These are not cognitively impressive people"


Being above average IQ would be impressive, especially for such a low playing job. What am I missing?


edit. I am nitpicking and was impressed by your steelman of activist teachers.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Undervalued comment. Thank you. How do I give you an award? Take this emoji.🥇


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I am deeply skeptical not only of social sciences but also at any attempts at social science.


However, I do find the theory of mass formation psychosis to be useful in explaining the madness I witness in the world outside.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This kind of response is based on a belief in the hypoagency of women. Since the "believe all women" movement, I constantly see a denial of the agency of adult women.


I believe adult women have agency. If they consent then they consent, IF they say no, they said no. But there's this feminist belief that women cannot say no because of how they have been socialized by society. Which sounds like a fancy way of saying that adult women have no agency, especially regarding sexual matters.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Better to destroy an entire generation than to allow a conservative approach to erudition.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Was Scott Alexander Right That Strongyloides Worms Explain Positive Ivermectin Trials?
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I am pretty sure Youtube censors anyone who talks about Ivermectin in a positive manner.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
pro russian twitter accounts are outnumbered by pro ukraine twitter accounts by an approximate ratio of 10-1. This ratio among bots has actually been confirmed. That doesn't take Twitter censorship into account.


https://theprint.in/tech/60-80-of-twitter-accounts-posting-on-russia-ukraine-war-bots-90-pro-ukraine-finds-new-study/1114878/




According to the researchers, 90.16 per cent of the accounts tweeting on the Russia-Ukraine war were “pro Ukraine” and only 6.80 per cent were “pro Russia”. “Balanced accounts” — those which showed mixed behaviour — comprised 3.04 per cent.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes if the brochures had intentional lies then that would call it into question. But merely false information might not, since the false information could have simply been copied from MA website.


What doesn't make sense is why they are claiming they were told they were going to D.C. after being given pamphlets to Massachusetts. That sounds like somebody not getting their story straight of the kind that happens with lies, or when the truth is being twisted into a narrative. IF the brochure had a map of Martha's Vineyard, it doesn't add up to say that you weren't told about Martha's vineyard and thought you were going to D.C.


If I had to guess, this is informational warfare from team blue. Prima facie, if I give you a map and a plane ticket to Martha's vineyard and you sign a consent form, it seems ridiculous to claim that you thought you were going to DC. However it does make sense to me that DNC political operatives are repeatedly asking for and incentivizing such answers to their questions until they hear what they want. A kind of after-the-fact 3rd party Smolletting.