Free Speech and Creepy Liberalism

lol he’s so mad they didn’t ask him, the one guy so dumb most of the IDW keeps him at arm’s length

I hope J3ss3 Sing@l gets a loathsome disease btw

otm

Please burn my book

I signed the Harpers letter because there were lots of people who also signed the Harpers letter whose views I disagreed with. I thought that was the point of the Harpers letter. https://t.co/ozFsAmXq9R

— Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell) July 8, 2020

weirdly gladwell's tweet is only the second worst there, even if he is a colossally awful human

Please burn my book

― anvil

please publish my book and then burn it

I hope J3ss3 Sing@l gets a loathsome disease btw

― all cats are beautiful (silby)

am really straining to imagine something that would make them more loathsome

I feel like McWhorter gave away what he thinks is being cancelled, saying he doesn't get invited to linguistics conferences because of his views on things not related to linguistics, and that students are prevented from hearing his important ideas. And yeah I guess this is the kind of stuff leftist profs complained about back in the 70s, but it's just academic conferences- wgaf? McWhorter's voice is amplified a lot more than most linguists' are.

HOT OFF THE PRESS

What kind of demand would you have liked? Someone’s firing? That was the point of the letter, to simply express support the right of people to disagree without consequence. https://t.co/HP4PaGu1pZ

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 8, 2020

And yeah I guess this is the kind of stuff leftist profs complained about back in the 70s, but it's just academic conferences- wgaf? McWhorter's voice is amplified a lot more than most linguists' are.

Yeah, but if (as he has stated many times) he would rather be known as a linguist, and build his stature within the academy, than as a political pundit, lining up Sunday morning talk show bookings, I could see how this could be a real problem.

does taibbi pay people to search his name to defend him on twitter or does he just have a lot of sock puppets

there are certain things about him you can’t say w/o being swarmed & i can see what he wants to maintain that state of affairs

"certain things"

he’s a rapist

oh no is that cancellation

Maybe if you keep trying hard enough.

will do

Yeah, but if (as he has stated many times) he would rather be known as a linguist, and build his stature within the academy, than as a political pundit, lining up Sunday morning talk show bookings, I could see how this could be a real problem.

― but also fuck you (unperson)

sure, i could see why he wouldn't want to be lumped in with people like noam chomsky... uhh....

if singal and crew don't act, repeatedly and blatantly, in bad faith, the intersectional left would have nothing to do but have arcane debates on theory with no relevance to anybody's life

ha i love this!

shouldn't bill gates have the right to only be talked about in terms of his philanthropy? i mean, that whole microsoft thing was a really long time ago...

bill gates wants to kill americans with his evil coronavirus masks iirc

my theory over the past few weeks is that matt taibbi is trying to pivot to a conservative outlet

xp - otoh windows 10 isn't as bad as I thought it was at first

like i've never been a fan but he's been on some other shit recently xp

he doesn't get invited to linguistics conferences

Maybe he should try applying like the rest of us have to

This was the only half-way decent thread that both came in from the left and tried to argue that this statement had something right about it. From a free speech angle.

Lots of good replies that largely argued with it/shoot it down

broadly agree with this harper's letter tbh https://t.co/d43O9i5QmL

— Lafargue (@Lafargue) July 7, 2020

The thread starter expands more on his initial statement as he's asked about it, not a thread as such.

my theory over the past few weeks is that matt taibbi is trying to pivot to a conservative outlet
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:03 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

easier paycheck riding the grift I guess

I'll be the stan I guess. The idea that Matt Taibbi is cynically deciding to grab for money with his latest takes seems pretty ludicrous to me. The idea that you would only read/take seriously the ideas of someone that you completely agree with is very... ILX?

his last few substack newsletters have been absolute dogshit on an argument and prose level i’m sorry

like it’s beneath him

that's newsletters for ya

I'm not sure what sucks people into the whining about how bad "our" side is, but it definitely isn't a great look, given the crimes on the right. OTOH, when people (itt) say stuff like "look at how effective it has been [to shut down debate/de-platform, etc.]," they're right, but they cannot be blind to the irony of pushing an ends-justifies-the-means argument.

perhaps ILX can make its own conservative television network, and surreptitiously donate all of our millions to left-wing causes

will it be 24 hour wolf erotica?

The idea that you would only read/take seriously the ideas of someone that you completely agree with is very... ILX?

Gonna be deeply upset if not blindly de-platforming and shutting down any human who doesn't hold and regurgitate my exact opinions back at me like a Leninist is now grounds for being labelled a "Matt Taibbi stan" :(

Like why would you ever listen to the opinion of anyone who thinks Aja>Gaucho ffs

a lot smartarses on this thread who don't remember when the Dead Kennedys told nazi punks to fuck off and the nazi punks fucked off and now there's no nazi punks and DUMPLINGS!! has been weakened

Can confirm, have never met a nazi punk.

Lol

On canceling

161,000 people are currently Cancelled for drug possession. possession. 470,000 Cancelled for drug related offenses

Cancelled as in currently locked in a cage

— emma (@angelhoneycomb) July 9, 2020

The idea that you would only read/take seriously the ideas of someone that you completely agree with is very... ILX?

May I introduce you to the rest of the internet? Always funny to me when ppl seem unaware of how lukewarm ILX is.

Still having problems understanding why people who dislike ILX are, er, on ILX tbh.

For the same reason why the aging curmudgeon who insists all post-Moving Pictures releases are terrible continues to be the most prolific poster on Rush forums

ILX: Love it or Leave it

ilx is def getting to me... like i do give a lot of leeway right now due to CORONAVIRUS pent up craziness, but still. i think i want to stick around so i can save all of you. y'all sick and it ain't covid! lol

You can leave

some ppl have suggested that, yes!

sad cunt has to have a hobby