This is cool. It comes up with meta-contrarianism. There’s another concept I might write up that goes something like, “you don’t always have to name the concept you’re defending.”
For example, I wanted to do a meetup on why gen z men are more religious in celebration of International Men’s Day.
Just think of how the two topics in that sentence interact. It’s more likely I’m going to have a meetup on “whether it’s okay to have a meetup about International Men’s Day” than anything. And if I wanted to promote men in any broad sense, it seems like doing the topic without mentioning International Men’s Day is an entirely acceptable and useful idea. So it’s a “choose your battles” thing. If I think having a big argument about International Men’s Day is a good payout, then I can do that, but it’s definitely not, so don’t.
I’ve found this on reddit… sometimes it’s easier to defend capitalism by just explaining capitalism at least as I understand it without actually saying capitalism. That last battle where I get them to understand that they just agreed with a capitalist analysis nips in the bud some open mindedness we had just worked to create.
This is cool. It comes up with meta-contrarianism. There’s another concept I might write up that goes something like, “you don’t always have to name the concept you’re defending.”
For example, I wanted to do a meetup on why gen z men are more religious in celebration of International Men’s Day.
Just think of how the two topics in that sentence interact. It’s more likely I’m going to have a meetup on “whether it’s okay to have a meetup about International Men’s Day” than anything. And if I wanted to promote men in any broad sense, it seems like doing the topic without mentioning International Men’s Day is an entirely acceptable and useful idea. So it’s a “choose your battles” thing. If I think having a big argument about International Men’s Day is a good payout, then I can do that, but it’s definitely not, so don’t.
I’ve found this on reddit… sometimes it’s easier to defend capitalism by just explaining capitalism at least as I understand it without actually saying capitalism. That last battle where I get them to understand that they just agreed with a capitalist analysis nips in the bud some open mindedness we had just worked to create.