Friend, ahem, comrade of the stack, Yuri Bezmenov recently posted a note suggesting a UFC-style debate between several accounts/individuals on the Substack platorm. Among ones relevant to this ‘Stack is one between
I would LIKE to enthuse about the idea of 'debates' across vast philosophical divides but the reality - in my experience anyway - is likely to be a dialogue of the deaf (mostly just noisiness really). 'Debating' is one of those notions that gets sanctified as axiomatically a 'Good'....a bit like 'Protesting'. Truly effective communication across philosophical/political divides is less tractable.
To what end? It's one thing to recognize mis/dis-information it's quite another to give it power. Acknowledging its existence is one thing, spreading it around under the guise of "free speech dialogues" is quite another. The "fight list" Yuri came up with was quite revealing for the trash that's out there. Ignoring it is NOT censorship, it's the marketplace of ideas at work. Oh, and we all know what happens when you fight with a pig, eh?
Not a big deal but the last line of your post is yours; as posted it seems attributed to me, but only the preceding sentences were mine.
Thank you for pointing this out! It's fixed now.
I would LIKE to enthuse about the idea of 'debates' across vast philosophical divides but the reality - in my experience anyway - is likely to be a dialogue of the deaf (mostly just noisiness really). 'Debating' is one of those notions that gets sanctified as axiomatically a 'Good'....a bit like 'Protesting'. Truly effective communication across philosophical/political divides is less tractable.
If you don’t think doomBerger is nothing but agitprop, you’ve given away any credibility you might’ve had
To what end? It's one thing to recognize mis/dis-information it's quite another to give it power. Acknowledging its existence is one thing, spreading it around under the guise of "free speech dialogues" is quite another. The "fight list" Yuri came up with was quite revealing for the trash that's out there. Ignoring it is NOT censorship, it's the marketplace of ideas at work. Oh, and we all know what happens when you fight with a pig, eh?