I agree with you when you said that we can know evil ideas when we see them and rightly condemn them. We donât have to adopt some sort of generic welcomingness to all ideas, including extremist hate ideologies.
I disagree with you about some of the examples of alleged racism or prejudice or hateful views attributed to people like Nick Bostrom and Scott Alexander. I definitely wouldnât wave these examples away by saying they âseem fine to me.â I think one thing youâre trying to say is that these examples are very different from someone being overtly and egregiously white supremacist in the worst way like Richard Hanania, and I agree. But I wouldnât say these examples are âfineâ.
It is okay to criticize the views and behaviour of figures perceived to be influential in EA. I think thatâs healthy.
I agree with you when you said that we can know evil ideas when we see them and rightly condemn them. We donât have to adopt some sort of generic welcomingness to all ideas, including extremist hate ideologies.
I disagree with you about some of the examples of alleged racism or prejudice or hateful views attributed to people like Nick Bostrom and Scott Alexander. I definitely wouldnât wave these examples away by saying they âseem fine to me.â I think one thing youâre trying to say is that these examples are very different from someone being overtly and egregiously white supremacist in the worst way like Richard Hanania, and I agree. But I wouldnât say these examples are âfineâ.
It is okay to criticize the views and behaviour of figures perceived to be influential in EA. I think thatâs healthy.