EDIT: Somewhat in mitigation, having checked one of the threads Scott Alexander did tell Brent âyou are creeping me out, tone it downâ the first time he started talking about being a fascist who loves domination and torture. Not that mitigating in my view.
Itâs kind of the fault of the original post bringing up an unrelated case in the first place.
Also, frankly, I think it is always worth people being made to face the discomfort of the fact that someone widely regarded as a beloved community leader was prepared to ask people to help someone out after they boasted on his blog about their fascism and misogyny and manipulativeness. Worth being only dubiously on topic for that.
I do object to the idea that someone who made accusations against multiple specific individuals is vindicated just because one of those individuals was guilty or the community they were part of has a bad record on abuse. Either they made at least some false accusations or they didnât. If they did (something I have no knowledge of or opinion about either way), they arenât somehow really correct anyway, no matter what else is true.
EDIT: Somewhat in mitigation, having checked one of the threads Scott Alexander did tell Brent âyou are creeping me out, tone it downâ the first time he started talking about being a fascist who loves domination and torture. Not that mitigating in my view.
Itâs kind of the fault of the original post bringing up an unrelated case in the first place.
Also, frankly, I think it is always worth people being made to face the discomfort of the fact that someone widely regarded as a beloved community leader was prepared to ask people to help someone out after they boasted on his blog about their fascism and misogyny and manipulativeness. Worth being only dubiously on topic for that.
I do object to the idea that someone who made accusations against multiple specific individuals is vindicated just because one of those individuals was guilty or the community they were part of has a bad record on abuse. Either they made at least some false accusations or they didnât. If they did (something I have no knowledge of or opinion about either way), they arenât somehow really correct anyway, no matter what else is true.