the new line from the rationalists to calling out their eugenic race science is to claim that doing so is “antisemitic dog whistles”
the claim is that calling out the rationalists’ extensively documented race science and advocacy of eugenics is “blood libel”
got this in email from one who had previously posted racist abuse at twitter objectors to rationalist eugenics
[dude thought he could spew racist bile in public then email me in a civil tone to complain]
apparently Scoot has made this claim previously, not sure of a cite for this. EDIT: well, sort of in “Untitled”- that criticism of misogynistic nerds is antisemitic dog whistles
the rationalists have already been sending Emile Torres death threats - for the good of humanity you understand - so I am assuming this will be a new part of the justification for that
I would say that this isn’t really new because Steven Pinker has been making similar arguments for years, insinuating that anyone who doesn’t accept his Ashkenazi IQ supremacism must therefore be an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
Come on, I thought I was just making a bad faith shitpost and not actually summarizing their logic on this
Phrenorationalists say Ashkenazi jews are smarter than most ethnic groups. The rationalists’ opponents disagree with rationalists. Therefore sneerclub thinks jews are stupid and that’s antisemitic.
Nah, not feeling it. I agree with @self@awful.systems , this shit isn’t even funny. Just a bog-standard fash DARVO.
lol, I just reread the email. Yes, his argument is literally just the one from “Untitled” that criticism of misogynistic nerds is antisemitic dog whistles.
he’s been sending this shit to Gebru too
I’m not saying this guy’s gonna radicalise himself into terrorism, but I can’t say he won’t.
got this in email from one who had previously posted racist abuse at twitter objectors to rationalist eugenics
the rationalists have already been sending Emile Torres death threats - for the good of humanity you understand - so I am assuming this will be a new part of the justification for that
no sneering here, this is actual nazi shit and a reminder that these assholes already have a body count
you might think that, but you would be basing it on the evidence
you’re right. a novice error on my part