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0 pointsneilv1y ago0 comments

Campus talk de-invitings are only small part of the set of behavior I was referring to.

(I was sloppy, and didn't integrate the anecdote well as I wrote the comment, so I think the anecdote confused my message more than helped.)

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UncleMeat1y ago· 2 in thread

My general observation is that none of these things (witch hunting, attacking, or deplatforming from the left) happen at any scale to merit their coverage other than perhaps "public figures get yelled at on twitter."

And, I dunno, I feel like the fact that my friends who aren't public figures but do research on climate change get weekly death threats just seems more important than the fact that people yell at JK Rowling online for being transphobic.

neilvOP1y ago

That's awful about your friends, and I agree there appears to be a huge general problem with that kind of thing. I hope the FBI are able to help, on at least a case-by case basis, if they can't solve the pipeline problem.

I still think there's a large problem with a dominant mode of interaction we're seeing by much of the left-leaning (it's pervasive online, and transparent pandering and manipulation in left-appealing news shows), and that it's hurting more than it's helping.

UncleMeat1y ago

I agree that there are people on the left who are mean online and that they shouldn't generally act this way. I just think that

1. This largely ends here (there are exceptions, and it is definitely no fun to be yelled at online)

2. The right has consistently acted in all of the same ways (plus more bomb threats) to no similar criticism

3. The political strategy of the left cannot require "literally everybody online is on their best behavior all of the time."

And no, law enforcement is absolutely uninterested in dealing with death threats sent by people who think that doing research on climate change is evil. The idea that the FBI would help out is odd to me.

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