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Methods Used to Suppress Challenging Claims
* Attacking reputations and “poisoning the well” to discredit individuals
* Demonizing and heightening suspicion of outsiders to the group
* Targeting presumed tone rather than content
* Framing all rhetorical actions as illegitimate power maneuvers
* Policing discourse to block threatening positions
* Social ostracism to induce self-censorship
— Oct 17, 2025 06:28AM
* Attacking reputations and “poisoning the well” to discredit individuals
* Demonizing and heightening suspicion of outsiders to the group
* Targeting presumed tone rather than content
* Framing all rhetorical actions as illegitimate power maneuvers
* Policing discourse to block threatening positions
* Social ostracism to induce self-censorship
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Kris
is 75% done
“Direct speech is out. Indirect speech is in. Open debate is out. Emotional reasoning is in. Ideas are out. Empathy is in.”
Implications
* Long-term intellectual rigor and wisdom compromised by short-term empathetic optics
* Group dynamics incentivize self-censorship and conformity
* Potential erosion of open debate culture
* Labeling dissenters with negative social traits discourages critical engagement
— Oct 17, 2025 06:32AM
Implications
* Long-term intellectual rigor and wisdom compromised by short-term empathetic optics
* Group dynamics incentivize self-censorship and conformity
* Potential erosion of open debate culture
* Labeling dissenters with negative social traits discourages critical engagement
Kris
is 60% done
A false balance exists that pressures leaders to equally spotlight flaws “on all sides” and to treat all issues as equivalent.
This purports moral equivalence where moral asymmetry exists, hindering recognition and public affirmation that some positions or behaviors are more morally problematic than others.
— Oct 16, 2025 07:00PM
This purports moral equivalence where moral asymmetry exists, hindering recognition and public affirmation that some positions or behaviors are more morally problematic than others.
