this exchange is fascinating bc neither side cares about abstract principles; the left about decency or precaution, the right about liberty or the role of morality. they're engaged in a purely political battle, seeking to use the legal system to advocate for object-level goals
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RT @realJohnDouglas
Yes. You have founded us. The secret is out.
https://twitter.com/realJohnDouglas/status/1467917703155441665
can those on the left truly not understand why many would find this repugnant, how their impulse is rooted in concern for children's health and future?
do those on the right not realize how finding something morally abhorrent does not justify preventing others from doing it?
this sort of unprincipled tribalist conflict mode is what drove me originally to rationalism and the "gray tribe"; they both have their flaws, but are full of people willing to suspend their base emotions in search of the Truth, to think thru the N-ary consequences of bad policy
@pee_zombie I was pretty disappointed by my (and other's) reaction to the SSC NYT affair last year, I definitely didn't have my tribal instinct under control there (I was able to prevent myself from posting about it online, though)
Gray tribe is better, sure, but tsuyoku naritai
