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

unfortunately it seems that it's impossible for public discourse to be nuanced today (if it ever even was), so these discussions are relegated to be had on twitter or behind closed doors

the ~left sees any hesitancy as bigotry, the ~right sees caution as degeneracy

alas

don't think I don't see yall not liking that one tweet

if anyone is brave enough to publicly comment, I'd love to know why, even if it entails criticizing me

@pee_zombie however, in what way does the right see *caution* as degeneracy? I don't think that's the right word

@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

@pee_zombie hm, at the limit I would want to prevent others from committing moral atrocities, e.g preventing people who don't know any better from eating a Carolina reaper

But I reckon this judgment should come after some derliberation