Cliques form when you don’t separate people and their ideas. Political struggle forms when you make value claims(“It’s unethical to talk about people as if they were objects”. Even better since people are objects in almost every meaning of the word) that you want everyone else to accept and follow.
Take these two out, and I see no problem about talking gender issues. Talk about how it might be irrational to not take into account some aspect of people(instead of “objectifying is bad”), and focus on arguments, not on who’s making them. Basically, keep doing what you’ve been doing up until now, and there won’t be any problems. I agree with Roko’s critique on Alicorn’s post, but I also disagree that deleting account is necessary.
I mean, even if someone here was a cannibal(in a country where that was allowed), comments like “it’s unethical what you’re doing” wouldn’t be seen here. Rationality is not related to the values you try to achieve using your rational mind.
Cliques form when you don’t separate people and their ideas. Political struggle forms when you make value claims(“It’s unethical to talk about people as if they were objects”. Even better since people are objects in almost every meaning of the word) that you want everyone else to accept and follow.
Take these two out, and I see no problem about talking gender issues. Talk about how it might be irrational to not take into account some aspect of people(instead of “objectifying is bad”), and focus on arguments, not on who’s making them. Basically, keep doing what you’ve been doing up until now, and there won’t be any problems. I agree with Roko’s critique on Alicorn’s post, but I also disagree that deleting account is necessary.
I mean, even if someone here was a cannibal(in a country where that was allowed), comments like “it’s unethical what you’re doing” wouldn’t be seen here. Rationality is not related to the values you try to achieve using your rational mind.