That is, I wasn’t saying that a comparison to celibacy was fundamentally hyperbolic, but that the specific analogous claim (break up with your partner to have more time for research) was out of place as a response to my comments.
But I don’t think many of those people would think it’s completely fine to say “I’m not saying sexual relationships are always bad, but they do lead to more harassment and assault, so it’s important for us to weigh up the pros and cons of whether EAs should be celibate”
I do think that’s completely fine to say, fwiw. After taking a bit to weigh the pros and cons I expect we’d decide that trying to build a norm of EA celibacy was a bad idea, but I don’t see anything wrong with doing that weighing?
This is getting kind of nitpicky, but while Amber did write “which my interlocutor Jeff Kaufman fairly called out as unreasonably hyperbolic” what I wrote was “I’m confused by your analogy to celibacy because the analogous statements seem really different from anything I’ve said or think?”
That is, I wasn’t saying that a comparison to celibacy was fundamentally hyperbolic, but that the specific analogous claim (break up with your partner to have more time for research) was out of place as a response to my comments.
I do think that’s completely fine to say, fwiw. After taking a bit to weigh the pros and cons I expect we’d decide that trying to build a norm of EA celibacy was a bad idea, but I don’t see anything wrong with doing that weighing?