I think I’m skeptical of people’s intentions too sometimes, but this seems to me more to apply to the person who asked Hanania a question than Hanania. I don’t like Hananai’s behaviour, but it doesn’t feel like he spends his whole time talking about group difference, here is a screenshot of his blog homepage. Perhaps there is some race discussion in the “dissident right” piece, but that seems like a pretty small percentage.
The upshot here is I’m not sure “people who spend their entire careers talking about those differences” is a good characterisation of the people who were speakers at manifest.
The anecdote from the conference was more about how those conversations made me feel which I should have been more clear about. This was prompted by Austin’s comments about how Manifest made people feel. I should have (maybe?) also said that Hanania answered in a way that made me uncomfortable, but I don’t think the details of that matter as I’m not advocating for something to change based on my discomfort. I’m unsure about my views on this, so I want to emphasize that this is (presently) not the case.
The statement about “people who spend their entire careers…” was a general statement about the “edgy” people and not necessarily about him (though I do think his book falls into the “reasonably skeptical” camp) which was also not super clear.
I think I’m skeptical of people’s intentions too sometimes, but this seems to me more to apply to the person who asked Hanania a question than Hanania. I don’t like Hananai’s behaviour, but it doesn’t feel like he spends his whole time talking about group difference, here is a screenshot of his blog homepage. Perhaps there is some race discussion in the “dissident right” piece, but that seems like a pretty small percentage.
The upshot here is I’m not sure “people who spend their entire careers talking about those differences” is a good characterisation of the people who were speakers at manifest.
The anecdote from the conference was more about how those conversations made me feel which I should have been more clear about. This was prompted by Austin’s comments about how Manifest made people feel. I should have (maybe?) also said that Hanania answered in a way that made me uncomfortable, but I don’t think the details of that matter as I’m not advocating for something to change based on my discomfort. I’m unsure about my views on this, so I want to emphasize that this is (presently) not the case.
The statement about “people who spend their entire careers…” was a general statement about the “edgy” people and not necessarily about him (though I do think his book falls into the “reasonably skeptical” camp) which was also not super clear.
I appreciate it, thank you.
Appreciate it. I wish more people thought this way.