https://twitter.com/PeterSinger/status/1723269850930491707

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Automatically assuming a public figure complaining about having 'controversial' opinions is using it as a smokescreen for bigotry has a remarkably high success rate.

    • GriffithDidNothingWrong [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Because controversial idea don't get you canceled. The Last Jedi was good is controversial, people will argue with you but you won't be publicly lambasted. Actually blackface is cool is a little different

      • BeamBrain [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Something tells me this journal never publishes articles like "Why the proletariat should seize the means of production" or "In defense of expropriating the wealth of billionaires"