fyi, I weakly downvoted this because (i) you seem like you’re trying to pick a fight and I don’t think it’s productive; there are familiar social ratcheting effects that incentivize exaggerated rhetoric on race and gender online, and I don’t think we should encourage that. (There was nothing in my comment that invited this response.) (ii) I think you’re misrepresenting Trace. (iii) The “expand your moral circle” comment implies, falsely, that the only reason one could have for tolerating someone with bad views is that you don’t care about those harmed by their bad views.
I did not mean the reference to Trace to function as a conversation opener. (Quite the opposite!) I’ve now edited my original comment to clarify the relevant portion of the tweet. But if anyone wants to disagree with Trace, maybe start a new thread for that rather than replying to me. Thanks!
fyi, I weakly downvoted this because (i) you seem like you’re trying to pick a fight and I don’t think it’s productive; there are familiar social ratcheting effects that incentivize exaggerated rhetoric on race and gender online, and I don’t think we should encourage that. (There was nothing in my comment that invited this response.) (ii) I think you’re misrepresenting Trace. (iii) The “expand your moral circle” comment implies, falsely, that the only reason one could have for tolerating someone with bad views is that you don’t care about those harmed by their bad views.
I did not mean the reference to Trace to function as a conversation opener. (Quite the opposite!) I’ve now edited my original comment to clarify the relevant portion of the tweet. But if anyone wants to disagree with Trace, maybe start a new thread for that rather than replying to me. Thanks!
Now I wonder if you’re actually familiar with Hanania’s white supremacist views? (See here, for example.)
See also this comment.