Reflecting on the above, I think I sound more confident about my take here than I actually am. I do lean in the direction I describe here, but I can see why some reasonable people would disagree with me that what we’ve seen from Torres is sufficient to push him past the “actively engaging with critical arguments is good” and into “this is a bad actor we should just avoid associating with”.
But I do think that in cases like this, where there’s a credible (if not ironclad) case that someone is a bad actor, it’s especially important that you provide opportunities for pushback in the form of counter-critical reading, debate partners, et cetera.
Reflecting on the above, I think I sound more confident about my take here than I actually am. I do lean in the direction I describe here, but I can see why some reasonable people would disagree with me that what we’ve seen from Torres is sufficient to push him past the “actively engaging with critical arguments is good” and into “this is a bad actor we should just avoid associating with”.
But I do think that in cases like this, where there’s a credible (if not ironclad) case that someone is a bad actor, it’s especially important that you provide opportunities for pushback in the form of counter-critical reading, debate partners, et cetera.